rewarding entire schools, not individual teachers, based on test scores and other metrics. [Education Week, 3/3/15] 2007: Opposed the heavy use of testing under No Child Left Behind. [Education Week, 3/3/15] teachers. [Washington Post, 2/20/10] 7/1/14] Support the use of standardized testing but backed down due to General Assembly opposition. [WPRI, 7/22/14] Free Community College Supported free community college plan. [Fusion, 4/14/15] Supported free community college plan. [The White House, YouTube, 4/11/15] Received the Champion For Maryland Community Colleges Award in 2014. [@GovernorOMalley, Twitter, 12/5/14] Supported free community college but thought it should go farther to include two free years of public college. [The Hill, 2/17/15] College affordability 2014: Said more needs to be done to make college more affordable. [Las Vegas Review-Journal, 10/13/14] 2007: Called for student borrower’s bill of rights. [New York Times, 11/24/07] Supported Obama’s efforts to ease student loan burdens as Vice President. [KABC, 1/23/15] Called for using federal aid and student loan policies to bring about debt-free college. [Martin O’Malley op-ed, Washington Post, 4/23/15] Voted against Democratic-backed legislation to keep student loan interest rates from doubling. [Huffington Post, 4/27/15] Supported free community college but thought it should go farther to include two free years of public college. [The Hill, 2/17/15] 2014: Presided over three consecutive years of tuition freezes at public colleges as Rhode Island governor. [WPRI, 7/22/14] For-profit colleges Criticized for-profit colleges as predatory. [Huffington Post, 4/14/15] Bill Clinton served as an honorary chancellor of a for-profit college. [Bloomberg, 4/24/15] Served as Vice President when the Obama administration sought to curb for-profit college abuses. [White House, 10/30/14] Signed a law curbing for-profit college abuses as governor of Maryland. [S.B. 695, Maryland General Assembly, 5/10/11] Criticized some for-profit colleges for abusive practices towards veterans. [Office of Senator Webb, 3/22/12] Criticized some for-profit colleges for abusive practices towards veterans. [Office of Senator Murphy, 4/24/15] Signed a law requiring for-profit colleges to provide students with refunds and access to academic records before closing. [Providence Journal, 7/24/13] IMMIGRATION 2016 Dem Position Hillary Clinton Senator: 2001-2009 Joe Biden Senator: 1973-2009 VP: 2009- Martin O’Malley Governor: 2007-2015 Jim Webb Senator: 2007-2013 Elizabeth Warren Senator: 2013- Bernie Sanders Rep.: 1991-2007 Senator: 2007- Lincoln Chafee Senator: 1999-2007 Governor: 2011-2015 Arizona Immigration Law Opposed Arizona immigration law. [Fox News, 5/2/10] Opposed Arizona immigration law. [Arizona Republic, 5/2/10] Opposed the Arizona immigration law. [Baltimore Sun, 7/15/10] Opposed the Arizona immigration law. [Elizabeth Warren For Senate, 6/25/12] Opposed the Arizona immigration law. [Go Local Prov, 6/24/10] DREAM Act Supported DREAM Act. [CBS, 10/30/14] Supported DREAM Act as Vice President. Signed Maryland DREAM Act. [WBAL, 5/10/11] 2010: Voted for the DREAM Act (bill did not become law). Supports the DREAM Act. [Elizabeth Warren For 2010: Voted for the DREAM Act (bill did not become law). Supports federal DREAM Act. [Providence Journal, Commented [BJ4]: She's expected to announce a specific plan and/or endorse debt-free college, but hasn't yet.
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