During Romney’s term as governor of Massachusetts, “class sizes increased and thousands of teachers were laid off, college costs skyrocketed, and graduation rates at community colleges lagged behind the national average,” Obama campaign spokeswoman Lis Smith said in a statement. The choice for voters in November, she said, will be between Obama, “who has made critical investments in and reforms to education that have improved schools and made college more affordable, and Mitt Romney, whose Romney Economics would prioritize tax breaks for millionaires and billionaires over investments in our future.”
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