Latest Fact-Checks In Education

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Americans for Prosperity
Americans for Prosperity
stated on July 28, 2025 X
“The (Evers) Era locked Wisconsin families into a 400‑year property tax increase.”
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By Hope Karnopp • August 15, 2025
Ruben Gallego
Ruben Gallego
stated on March 24, 2025 a podcast episode
Men “have the lowest college attainment rate ever.”
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By Claire Cranford • April 9, 2025
Lindsey Graham
Lindsey Graham
stated on August 6, 2024 una publicación en X
El gobernador de Minnesota, Tim Walz, firmó una ley dando educación universitaria gratuita “a los inmigrantes ilegales”.
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By Maria Briceño, Maria Ramirez Uribe • August 12, 2024
Lindsey Graham
Lindsey Graham
stated on August 6, 2024 an X post
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz signed “legislation giving free college … to illegal immigrants.”
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By Maria Ramirez Uribe • August 9, 2024
Greta Neubauer
Greta Neubauer
stated on April 11, 2024 X, formerly Twitter
“The GOP has failed to invest in our campuses, making WI fall to 42nd in the nation in state support.”
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By Hope Karnopp • April 24, 2024
Jodi Emerson
Jodi Emerson
stated on November 7, 2023 Wisconsin Assembly
"On most campuses, you cannot destroy a chalked message unless you were the one that wrote it. You can't dump water on it, you can't even walk over it."
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By Hope Karnopp • December 5, 2023
George Zimmerman
George Zimmerman
stated on July 11, 2023 an interview with the Daily Athenaeum
“The percentage of students that are going to college (in West Virginia) has been declining for five years.”
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By Aubrey Burkhardt • October 6, 2023
West Virginia University Faculty Senate
West Virginia University Faculty Senate
stated on September 9, 2023 a no-confidence resolution
During E. Gordon Gee's presidency of West Virginia University, "student enrollments have steadily decreased."
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By Ethan Moore • October 5, 2023
Kamala Harris
Kamala Harris
stated on July 20, 2023 a speech to the Delta Sigma Theta Sorority
Florida “decided middle school students will be taught that enslaved people benefited from slavery.”
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By Amy Sherman, Louis Jacobson, Sofia Bliss-Carrascosa • July 24, 2023
Kathy Hochul
Kathy Hochul
stated on May 9, 2023 a news conference
The New York state budget covers 96% of eligible preschoolers
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By Jill Terreri Ramos • May 18, 2023
Elise Stefanik
Elise Stefanik
stated on February 3, 2023 a news release
New York City Mayor Eric Adams proposes to “ban chocolate milk.”
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By Cameron Carr, Marnique O. Panepento • March 8, 2023
Stanley Litow
Stanley Litow
stated on February 7, 2023 a news release
“Lifetime earnings of someone with a college degree is over a million dollars more than those entering the workforce without one.”
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By Elizabeth Egan, Marnique O. Panepento • March 8, 2023
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on February 7, 2023 his State of the Union address
"Studies show that children who go to preschool are nearly 50% more likely to finish high school and go on to earn a two- or four-year degree, no matter their background they came from."
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By Louis Jacobson • February 13, 2023
Bobby Scott
Bobby Scott
stated on May 18, 2022 a committee hearing.
“Public schools are now as segregated by race and class as they were in the 1960s.”
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By Warren Fiske • June 8, 2022
Chris Murphy
Chris Murphy
stated on May 24, 2022 an interview with CNN
“Most of these killers tend to be 18, 19 years old.”
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By Louis Jacobson • May 25, 2022
Iowa House Democrats
Iowa House Democrats
stated on February 10, 2022 a tweet
"According to Republican Rep. Jeff Shipley, teachers should not receive a pay raise if they teach American history that Republicans don’t agree with."
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By Meg Doster • March 2, 2022
Melanie D'Arrigo
Melanie D'Arrigo
stated on February 6, 2022 a Tweet
“Teachers can only deduct up to $250 for school supplies on their taxes, but billionaires can write off the entire cost of a private jet.”
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By Jill Terreri Ramos • February 18, 2022
Glenn Youngkin
Glenn Youngkin
stated on January 17, 2022 a speech.
“Sixty percent of (Virginia's) children don’t meet national proficiency standards…”
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By Warren Fiske • February 2, 2022
Beto O'Rourke
Beto O'Rourke
stated on November 19, 2021 a rally
"Right now, in the average Texas fourth grade classroom, 7 out of 10 kids cannot read at grade level."
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By Nusaiba Mizan • January 28, 2022
Glenn Youngkin
Glenn Youngkin
stated on August 6, 2021 a radio interview.
“We watched Terry McAuliffe, when he was governor, lower the (accreditation) standards in our schools...”
Mostly True
By Warren Fiske • August 18, 2021
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