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Mitt Romney on Teachers' Unions and EducationApril 3, 2012
You're going to have to find across this country a recognition that teachers' unions have to take a back seat to the...
Barack Obama on the Economic Importance of Education for All in a Speech at the AP Luncheon
April 3, 2012
By gutting the very things we need to grow an economy that’s built to last -- education and training, research and...
Rick Santorum on Education Policy from His Campaign Website
March 19, 2012
Parents and citizenry should hold schools accountable and have educational options for their children. [...] Education is...
Ron Paul on Educational Choice from His Campaign Website
March 19, 2012
Congressman Paul wants parents to have the freedom to choose the best educational options for their children, and his...
Mitt Romney on Affordable Opportunities for Education on His Campaign Website
March 19, 2012
Part of an opportunity society is rewarding hard work and success. Mitt believes education is a key to the American dream,...
Newt Gingrich on the Need for Reforms in Education on His Campaign Website
March 19, 2012
We must envision a 21st century system of lifetime learning more flexible, more productive, more individualized and more...
Rick Santorum on the Coexistence of Logic and Faith in Homeschooling
March 12, 2012
All of a sudden, if you’re instilling faith and teaching them about God in your home, you’re a Madrassa, according to these...
Barack Obama in Defense of His Remarks on Education
February 28, 2012
When I speak about higher education we’re not just talking about a four-year degree. We’re talking about somebody going to a...
Rick Santorum on Education and the Snobbery of Some Politicians
February 26, 2012
President Obama once said he wants everybody in America to go to college. What a snob. There are good decent men and women...
Barack Obama on the Value of Education in His 2012 State of the Union Address
January 24, 2012
But to prepare for the jobs of tomorrow, our commitment to skills and education has to start earlier. [...] We know a good...
Barack Obama on the Necessity of Education in His 2012 State of the Union Address
January 24, 2012
Higher education can’t be a luxury – it is an economic imperative that every family in America should be able to afford.
George H.W. Bush on the Education Presidency in the Debate with Governor Michael Dukakis
September 25, 1988
I want to be the education President, because I want to see us do better. We're putting more money per child into education,...
Ronald Reagan on the Opportunity Society in His Second Inaugural Address
January 21, 1985
Let us resolve that we, the people, will build an American opportunity society in which all of us - white and black, rich...
Jimmy Carter on the Goals of America in His 1980 State of the Union Address
January 23, 1980
We move into the 1980s with confidence and hope and a bright vision of the America we want: an America strong and free, an...

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Where do young people come down on questions of faith, values, and public life? How do they relate their values to public policy issues including education, economic inequality, and the environment? These questions, critically important for the 2012 election, are at the center of a campus conversation being organized by the Berkley Center and Georgetown University. This resource page brings together publications, programs, events, polls, and candidate rhetoric bearing on these issues.
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Mitt Romney on Teachers' Unions and Education
April 3, 2012
April 3, 2012
Barack Obama on the Economic Importance of Education for All in a Speech at the AP Luncheon
April 3, 2012
April 3, 2012
Rick Santorum on Education Policy from His Campaign Website
March 19, 2012
March 19, 2012
Ron Paul on Educational Choice from His Campaign Website
March 19, 2012
March 19, 2012
Barack Obama in Defense of His Remarks on Education
February 28, 2012
February 28, 2012
Rick Santorum on Education and the Snobbery of Some Politicians
February 26, 2012
February 26, 2012