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Latest Fact-Checks In Education

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Cavalier Johnson
Cavalier Johnson
stated on January 19, 2025 TV interview:
“After the referendum, Milwaukee Public Schools has a larger tax levy than the City of Milwaukee.”
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By D.L. Davis • March 3, 2025
Joel Kitchens
Joel Kitchens
stated on February 19, 2025 News conference:
“90% of the (school) districts in Wisconsin already have a policy” banning cellphones during class time.
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By Hope Karnopp • February 28, 2025
Jay Rothman
Jay Rothman
stated on December 1, 2024 TV interview:
“The Universities of Wisconsin are 43rd out of 50 states in the nation, in terms of public support for our universities. The $855 million (budget request) gets us up to average.”
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By Hope Karnopp • December 12, 2024
Kamala Harris
Kamala Harris
stated on July 18, 2024 a campaign event in North Carolina:
Project 2025 would “end Head Start.”
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By Louis Jacobson, Mia Penner • July 23, 2024
Tyler August
Tyler August
stated on May 3, 2024 Newsletter:
“Nearly 90% of all UW graduates stay in Wisconsin 5 years after they graduate.”
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By Sophia Voight • May 15, 2024
Chris Larson
Chris Larson
stated on November 9, 2023 X, formerly Twitter:
Says expanding Medicaid in Wisconsin would save the state $530 million, which could pay for 3,287 K-12 teachers, or 7.8 educators per district.
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By Ricardo Torres • February 16, 2024
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on January 21, 2024 TV interview:
"(The) top issue for college students is the economy."
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By Hope Karnopp • February 2, 2024
Francis Suarez
Francis Suarez
stated on May 21, 2023 a TV interview:
“Just last year,” Miami-Dade Public Schools “had over 14,000 new children, 10,000 of which came from four countries of Cuba, Nicaragua, Venezuela and Haiti.”
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By Maria Ramirez Uribe • May 23, 2023
Kathy Hoffman
Kathy Hoffman
stated on July 28, 2022 a tweet:
“Since 2019, I've successfully lobbied for the funds to add hundreds of school counselors, lowering our student to school counselor ratio by 20%.”
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By Haley Tenore • September 19, 2022
Elizabeth Warren
Elizabeth Warren
stated on August 28, 2022 an interview on CNN:
"40% of the folks who have student loans do not have a college diploma, four-year diploma. These are people who are truck drivers and who are nail technicians and nurses’ aides.”
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By Jon Greenberg • September 13, 2022
Greg Abbott
Greg Abbott
stated on May 15, 2022 a tweet:
Texas' public high school graduation rate is at 90% overall.
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By Nusaiba Mizan • July 14, 2022
Jennifer Konfrst
Jennifer Konfrst
stated on March 21, 2022 a press release:
Only 2% of K-12 students would benefit from Iowa’s school voucher bill.
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By Lauren White • April 7, 2022
Jennifer McClellan
Jennifer McClellan
stated on February 15, 2022 an op-ed.:
“More than half of Virginia’s school buildings are older than 50 years.”
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By Warren Fiske • February 18, 2022
Brian Tyler Cohen
Brian Tyler Cohen
stated on February 2, 2022 a tweet:
"Iowa Republicans have introduced a bill that would put government-installed cameras in every single classroom to livestream school activities for parents to spy on teachers and children."
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By Rylee Wilson • February 8, 2022
Lorraine Lewandrowski
Lorraine Lewandrowski
stated on February 24, 2021 a hearing of the New York Senate Agriculture Committee:
It’s not currently “legal for a New York state student to have a glass of fresh whole milk.”
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By John Pullano • June 7, 2021
Robert Martwick
Robert Martwick
stated on May 10, 2021 a podcast interview:
Opposition to having a fully elected Chicago Board of Education is in the “super minority.”
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By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller • May 23, 2021
Tony Evers
Tony Evers
stated on March 14, 2021 TV interview:
“There’s still (only) a handful of school districts" doing no in-person instruction.
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By Madeline Heim • March 29, 2021
Terry McAuliffe
Terry McAuliffe
stated on March 10, 2021 a speech:
“If you look at the average teacher pay compared to the average pay of your citizens, Virginia ranks last.”
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By Warren Fiske • March 22, 2021
Tony Evers
Tony Evers
stated on January 12, 2021 Speech:
"We put $330 million in general school aids — the largest in more than a decade."
True
By Haley BeMiller • January 26, 2021
Mike Gallagher
Mike Gallagher
stated on December 7, 2020 a tweet:
"New data shows in-person learning isn't driving spikes in cases."
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By Eric Litke • December 18, 2020
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