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BookerFail
BookerFail
stated on August 1, 2013 a YouTube video
"Three years after getting the $100 million (from Mark Zuckerberg), less than two-thirds of students in Cory Booker's Newark graduate."
Mostly False
By Julie Kliegman • August 27, 2013
Florida Democratic Party
Florida Democratic Party
stated on July 25, 2013 the realrickscott.com website
Rick Scott "increased tuition at our state colleges and universities by double digits."
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • August 2, 2013
Angela Bean
Angela Bean
stated on June 1, 2013 a newspaper article
A data system that goes along with Common Core is designed to collect up to 400 data points on each child, which can include personally identifiable data.
Mostly False
By Janel Davis • June 17, 2013
Oregon Republican Party
Oregon Republican Party
stated on May 29, 2013 in a press release
Says a group "estimates that the annual cost to Oregon taxpayers for government services to illegal aliens, after any income tax revenue from them, is $1 billion."
Mostly False
By Janie Har • June 15, 2013
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on May 17, 2013 a press release
Says 13 Texas universities "have announced or implemented a $10,000 degree."
Mostly False
By Sue Owen • May 31, 2013
Mark Warner
Mark Warner
stated on May 14, 2013 a radio interview.
Says 70,000 children "have lost their Head Start slots" because of the sequester.
Mostly False
By Nancy Madsen • May 28, 2013
Bill Ratliff
Bill Ratliff
stated on May 16, 2013 an interview with Texas Monthly magazine.
"We have one charter school that for seven years has been rated unacceptable."
Mostly False
By W. Gardner Selby • May 24, 2013
Bill Hammond
Bill Hammond
stated on May 6, 2013 an Austin American-Statesman news story
Says only 25 percent of Texas high school students graduate prepared for college or careers.
Mostly False
By Sue Owen • May 24, 2013
Leticia Van de Putte
Leticia Van de Putte
stated on May 17, 2013 an opinion column.
Says Texas high school graduates must pass Algebra II to be eligible for automatic admission to state's public universities.
Mostly False
By W. Gardner Selby • May 21, 2013
Portland Association of Teachers
Portland Association of Teachers
stated on April 25, 2013 a newsletter
Says "Did you know that if you accepted the District's proposal today you would have NO pay increase for 4 years? Seven years of frozen wages = Disrespect."
Mostly False
By Janie Har • May 11, 2013
Randi Weingarten
Randi Weingarten
stated on April 2, 2013 a news release
"Schools in some states are spending up to 100 days a year doing test-prep or actual testing."
Mostly False
By Janel Davis • April 24, 2013
David Dewhurst
David Dewhurst
stated on April 8, 2013 in an appearance on Mark Davis’ KSKY-AM radio show
Says Texas "school systems" lose 45 days a year on testing.
Mostly False
By Sue Owen • April 17, 2013
George Will
George Will
stated on April 3, 2013 a column
Wisconsin education agency "urged white students to wear white wristbands ‘as a reminder about your (white) privilege.’ "    
Mostly False
April 15, 2013
Arne Duncan
Arne Duncan
stated on February 24, 2013 an appearance on "Face the Nation."
"There are literally teachers now who are getting pink slips" because of sequestration.
Mostly False
By Molly Moorhead • March 1, 2013
Brian Patrick Kennedy
Brian Patrick Kennedy
stated on February 6, 2013 a news release
Employers and schools have no right to conduct "surveillance of a dorm room or a worker’s cubicle."
Mostly False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • February 17, 2013
Bob McDonnell
Bob McDonnell
stated on January 9, 2013 a speech.
"The brutal fact is, when it comes to education, America is slipping" behind other nations.
Mostly False
By Nancy Madsen • February 8, 2013
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on November 26, 2012 an interview
Says he first unveiled his new legislative agenda in Wisconsin, not in California as critics complain  
Mostly False
By Dave Umhoefer • December 2, 2012
John Kitzhaber
John Kitzhaber
stated on November 10, 2012 a speech.
Says the state is required "pick up 70 percent of the cost" of K-12 education.
Mostly False
By Ian K. Kullgren • November 30, 2012
Jason Isaac
Jason Isaac
stated on October 22, 2012 a League of Women Voters guide for Texas and Austin voters
Says that over the past 20 years, Texas public school spending rose 142 percent and per-pupil spending more than tripled when adjusted for inflation.
Mostly False
By Sue Owen • November 12, 2012
New Hampshire Democratic Party
New Hampshire Democratic Party
stated on October 18, 2012 a campaign mailer to New Hampshire residents
Says Ovide Lamontagne wants to eliminate kindergarten.
Mostly False
By Maryalice Gill • November 3, 2012
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