Latest Fact-Checks By Jeffrey S. Solochek

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Florida Stop Common Core Coalition
Florida Stop Common Core Coalition
stated on March 19, 2014 in a letter to supporters:
For educational testing, Florida "has chosen a company that has a significant history of promoting identification of the GLBT lifestyle for children as young as seven years old."
Half-True
By Jeffrey S. Solochek • March 24, 2014
Pam Stewart
Pam Stewart
stated on October 15, 2013 in a public hearing in Tampa:
For the state of Florida, "there is not an additional cost with implementation of the Common Core standards."
Half-True
By Jeffrey S. Solochek • October 27, 2013
Public comments at a Common Core hearing
Public comments at a Common Core hearing
stated on October 15, 2013 in Tampa, Fla.:
Teachers were not involved in developing the Common Core State Standards.
False
By Jeffrey S. Solochek • October 21, 2013
Will Weatherford
Will Weatherford
stated on July 17, 2013 in a letter to Education Commissioner Tony Bennett:
New school testing standards "will consume approximately twenty days of testing for elementary, middle and high school students."
Mostly True
By Jeffrey S. Solochek • July 22, 2013
Heather Fiorentino
Heather Fiorentino
stated on August 7, 2012 in a campaign mailer:
As Florida secretary of state, Kurt Browning "allowed 1,800 illegal voters to register in Florida."
Pants on Fire!
By Jeffrey S. Solochek • August 9, 2012
Heather Fiorentino
Heather Fiorentino
stated on March 1, 2012 in a press release:
Pasco County "opened 22 new schools over six years to keep pace with growth in student population and implement the class size amendment."
Half-True
By Jeffrey S. Solochek • March 4, 2012
Heather Fiorentino
Heather Fiorentino
stated on January 6, 2012 in a press release:
Pasco County schools have graduation rates "substantially higher than the state average" and dropout rates "below the state average."
True
By Jeffrey S. Solochek • March 4, 2012
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on December 27, 2007 in a TV ad:
Biden was responsible for "ending genocide in Bosnia."
Mostly False
By Jeffrey S. Solochek • December 31, 2007
Mike Huckabee
Mike Huckabee
stated on December 12, 2007 in a debate in Des Moines, Iowa:
Says he has "the most impressive education record" of the Republican candidates.
Half-True
By Jeffrey S. Solochek • December 27, 2007
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on October 11, 2007 in Plymouth, N.H.:
"Americans spend 100-million hours a year filling out these forms (FAFSA). That is the equivalent of 55,500 full-time jobs."
Half-True
By Jeffrey S. Solochek • November 20, 2007
Bill Richardson
Bill Richardson
stated on October 11, 2007 in Manchester, N.H.:
The form students fill out to get college financial aid is "longer than the form to get U.S. citizenship."
False
By Jeffrey S. Solochek • November 20, 2007
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on September 14, 2007 in an interview:
"We had a No Child Left Behind — a similar piece of legislation in our state a number of years ago, well before the federal law. And it's had a big impact here. It's improved schools."
True
By Jeffrey S. Solochek • October 30, 2007
John Edwards
John Edwards
stated on September 21, 2007 in Des Moines, Iowa.:
"Rural schools enroll 40 percent of American children, but receive only 22 percent of federal education funding."
False
By Jeffrey S. Solochek • October 10, 2007
John Edwards
John Edwards
stated on September 21, 2007 in Des Moines, Iowa.:
Rural schools "face the highest dropout rates, the lowest college enrollment rates, have the lowest average teacher salaries..."
Half-True
By Jeffrey S. Solochek • October 8, 2007
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on September 13, 2007 in a forum hosted by Slate/Yahoo/Huffington Post.:
"Look, I believe in accountability. In 1983, I led the effort in Arkansas to improve our schools."
True
By Jeffrey S. Solochek • October 7, 2007