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
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
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
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
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
November 21, 2024
Instagram posts
Instagram posts
stated on November 13, 2024 an Instagram post
“Breaking: Trump names Boebert secretary of education”
False
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
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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