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Latest Fact-Checks In Education

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Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on September 20, 2020 a Facebook post
“Hillsboro school district has already placed Antifa, BLM in their curriculum as Justice Fighters. Fourth grade.”
False
October 7, 2020
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on September 29, 2020 Debate
“I brought back Big Ten football.”
Mostly False
By Madeline Heim • October 6, 2020
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on September 29, 2020 the first presidential debate
“Suburbs are by and large integrated.”
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • October 1, 2020
Congressional Leadership Fund
Congressional Leadership Fund
stated on September 9, 2020 an ad
"When California faced a budget crisis," Christy Smith "voted to lay off teachers and then voted to increase her pay."
Mostly False
September 24, 2020
Senate Majority PAC
Senate Majority PAC
stated on September 4, 2020 a Facebook ad
Says “John James supported Betsy DeVos’ agenda to cut public school funding and put it into wealthy private schools instead.”
Mostly False
By Clara Hendrickson • September 24, 2020
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on September 15, 2020 a speech at a Florida event
“24 of every 100 kids in school today speak Spanish.”
Half-True
By Amy Sherman • September 23, 2020
Viral image
Viral image
stated on April 26, 2020 a Facebook post
Students no longer say the Pledge of Allegiance in schools.
False
September 21, 2020
Mun Choi
Mun Choi
stated on August 28, 2020 a press conference
“The number of ICU beds is larger in Boone County by a factor of three” compared to Orange County for the University of North Carolina.
False
By Simone Esters • September 16, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on August 24, 2020 Facebook post
“Police training in Wisconsin is 21 weeks. A cosmetology license takes 40 weeks.”
Half-True
By Haley BeMiller • August 27, 2020
Robert Ortt
Robert Ortt
stated on July 20, 2020 a news release
Says Gov. Andrew Cuomo and Democratic lawmakers are “granting free tuition to illegal immigrants while closing Excelsior Scholarship applications to citizen students.”
Mostly False
By John Pullano • August 20, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on August 13, 2020 a Facebook post
Says Kamala Harris inaccurately “claimed to be bussed in the 60’s due to segregation type issues.”
False
August 19, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on August 11, 2020 a Facebook post
Says Biden supports a school choice ban that would impact 74,000 Wisconsin students.
False
By Eric Litke • August 14, 2020
Linda Sánchez
Linda Sánchez
stated on July 29, 2020 a press conference
“The average cost of child care in this country is more than what it costs to send a child to college for one year.”
Mostly False
By Sophie Austin • August 6, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on July 2, 2020 a Facebook post
“TEA is allowing online learning with attendance stipulations but will not fund school districts if they do not open their schools...If schools do not open and are not funded there will be no more teachers or school at all.”
Half-True
July 23, 2020
Tom Reed
Tom Reed
stated on July 9, 2020 a news conference
Opening the schools “is a local determination, but it’s not a state determination.”
False
By Jill Terreri Ramos • July 18, 2020
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on July 14, 2020 a press conference in the Rose Garden
“Joe Biden wants to end school choice.”
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg • July 17, 2020
Viral image
Viral image
stated on July 14, 2020 a Facebook post
“All the books” have been removed from the classrooms of a Minnesota middle school because administrators “claim that the books cannot be cleaned.”
False
July 16, 2020
Donald Trump Jr.
Donald Trump Jr.
stated on July 8, 2020 a tweet
"Marquette University threatened to rescind student’s admission over pro-Trump TikTok video."
Mostly False
By Eric Litke • July 16, 2020
Kim Reynolds
Kim Reynolds
stated on July 14, 2020 at a press conference
“Kids are less likely to get it (COVID-19). You know, they’re less likely to spread. So I think there’s some pretty good data out there that will help alleviate some of the concerns.”
Mostly True
By Lyle Muller • July 16, 2020
Tucker Carlson
Tucker Carlson
stated on July 7, 2020 a TV segment
“To children and the vast majority of young and middle-aged adults and the vast majority of teachers, (the coronavirus) poses virtually zero threat."
Mostly False
By Bill McCarthy • July 13, 2020
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