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Latest Fact-Checks In Education

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Social Media
Social Media
stated on December 15, 2025 in social media posts:
Brown University student Mustapha Karbouch was a suspect in school shooting.
False
By Jeff Cercone • December 19, 2025
Instagram posts
Instagram posts
stated on June 6, 2025 a video:
Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents raided Los Angeles' Gratts Learning Academy during a June graduation ceremony.
False
By Ella Moore • June 13, 2025
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on May 25, 2025 a press gaggle:
Harvard University “refuse(s) to tell us” who its international students are.
False
By Maria Ramirez Uribe • May 28, 2025
TikTok posts
TikTok posts
stated on February 8, 2025 a TikTok post:
People can get student debt “erased” by filing Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act complaints because the Department of Government Efficiency accessed federal student loan databases.
False
By Claire Cranford • March 27, 2025
Harriet Hageman
Harriet Hageman
stated on March 16, 2025 a podcast interview:
The federal Education Department has a “budget of about $280 billion a year. Less than 25% goes to educating our students.”
False
By Louis Jacobson • March 20, 2025
Brad Schimel
Brad Schimel
stated on February 6, 2025 X, formerly Twitter:
“Eliminate school choice” is on Susan Crawford’s agenda.
False
By Madeline Heim • March 13, 2025
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on February 10, 2025 a Fox News interview:
The United States is “last in education out of 40 states … but we're number one in cost per pupil."
False
By Caleb McCullough • February 13, 2025
Instagram posts
Instagram posts
stated on December 16, 2024 an Instagram post:
Photo of a young man in a tie shows Wisconsin school shooter Natalie Rupnow.
False
By Sofia Ahmed • December 17, 2024
Threads posts
Threads posts
stated on December 10, 2024 a Threads post:
“Texas declares bringing a pride flag to the classroom a crime.”
False
By Sofia Ahmed • December 12, 2024
Instagram posts
Instagram posts
stated on November 16, 2024 a video:
Video shows President-elect Donald Trump announcing “free college education” in November 2024.
False
By Ciara O'Rourke • November 27, 2024
Threads posts
Threads posts
stated on November 18, 2024 a Threads post:
The Associated Press misspelled Mississippi in a headline about the state’s literacy program.
False
By Sofia Ahmed • November 21, 2024
Instagram posts
Instagram posts
stated on November 13, 2024 an Instagram post:
“Breaking: Trump names Boebert secretary of education”
False
By Sofia Ahmed • November 15, 2024
Lisa Grafstein
Lisa Grafstein
stated on October 12, 2024 a campaign mailer:
Scott Lassiter “repeatedly campaigned to promote” North Carolina's “largest-ever” school funding cut, sending public school money to “unaccountable private schools” and ending science education.
False
By Paul Specht • October 25, 2024
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on September 18, 2024 a speech in New York:
When Haitians go to school in Springfield, Ohio, they “take the place of our children in school” and “each one will have a private interpreter."
False
By Amy Sherman • September 23, 2024
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on September 8, 2024 a social media post:
Photos that show lists of school names are “school shooting lists.”
False
By Andy Nguyen • September 15, 2024
Social Media
Social Media
stated on August 29, 2024 a post on Instagram:
“BREAKING: Illegal Aliens in San Diego, California, tried to hijack 2 school buses filled with children.”
False
By Madison Czopek • September 4, 2024
Instagram posts
Instagram posts
stated on June 16, 2024 an Instagram post:
California Assembly Bill 1955 “would allow schools to secretly, socially and perhaps medically transition your child without your knowledge and consent."
False
By Jeff Cercone • June 21, 2024
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on April 30, 2024 a Facebook reel:
Video shows “protesters at Harvard replace American flag with Palestinian flag.”
False
By Sara Swann • May 3, 2024
Mike Johnson
Mike Johnson
stated on April 24, 2024 an interview with CNN:
Said Columbia University has told students, “Well, if you’re Jewish, maybe you do want to stay home.”
False
By Louis Jacobson • April 29, 2024
Megyn Kelly
Megyn Kelly
stated on April 18, 2024 a Facebook post:
“School allows students to be terrorized by colleagues who identify as ‘furries.’”
False
By Madison Czopek • April 26, 2024
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