Fact Check Posts – Page 11

Joseph McNamara
stated on May 15, 2012 in a House debate:

"In the state of Rhode Island 25 percent of our current physicians are graduates of for-profit medical schools."

By Tom Mooney • May 29, 2012

Chain email
stated on April 26, 2012 in an email:

The salaries of Wisconsin’s best-educated public school teachers were "slashed" by Gov. Scott Walker through a recent administrative rule change.

By Dave Umhoefer • May 13, 2012

Rudy Moise
stated on May 1, 2012 in a campaign website:

The congressional district for Miami-Dade and Broward counties has a "staggering drop-out rate of almost 61 percent."

By Amy Sherman • May 7, 2012

Barack Obama
stated on May 3, 2012 in a graphical tool on the campaign website:

"Under the Romney/Ryan budget, interest rates on federal student loans would be allowed to double."

By Louis Jacobson • May 4, 2012

Charlie Hales
stated on March 28, 2012 in campaign material :

Says "I worked with our Mayor and other commissioners to help save the school year when a budget crisis in Salem threatened to cut four weeks of the school year," including negotiating with teachers to work for free.

By Janie Har • April 27, 2012

R2RMerge
stated on April 15, 2012 in a flier:

Says George Norcross said the "TAKEOVER OF RUTGER$ CAMDEN WILL COST NEW JER$EY BILLION$."

By Erin O'Neill • April 26, 2012

Rick Santorum
stated on April 2, 2012 in in a speech in Wisconsin:

"I think it’s seven or eight of the California system of universities don’t even teach an American history course. It’s not even available to be taught."

By Becky Bowers • April 3, 2012

Harold Metts
stated on March 14, 2012 in a news release:

Says when Rhode Island Lottery was proposed, "state residents were enticed to vote for it with the promise that the money would be used for education."

By Edward Fitzpatrick • March 28, 2012

Rick Santorum
stated on February 25, 2012 in a speech in Troy, Mich.:

"President Obama once said he wants everybody in America to go to college."

By Louis Jacobson • February 27, 2012

Chris Christie
stated on January 31, 2012 in a radio interview on New Jersey 101.5's "Ask the Governor":

"Here's something that people never talk about with coach Schiano: Rutgers had the best graduation rate of any Division I football program in America."

By Erin O'Neill • February 12, 2012

Nathan Deal
stated on January 10, 2012 in his State of the State address:

Siemens has been unable to fill approximately 200 skilled trade positions in metro Atlanta.

By Willoughby Mariano • January 30, 2012

Donald McEachin
stated on January 11, 2012 in a speech.:

Gov. McDonnell's proposed budget "is cutting" public education.

By Nancy Madsen • January 26, 2012

Bob McDonnell
stated on December 19, 2011 in a speech.:

Says proposal to boost teacher pension fund "puts no mandate on local government."

By Sean Gorman • January 20, 2012

David Sciarra
stated on January 5, 2012 in testimony before the state Assembly Budget Committee:

Says over the last two years, New Jersey Schools Development Authority employees "have not started or completed one single school project, and I’m not talking about major school renovation. I’m talking about replacing boilers, roofs."

By Bill Wichert • January 16, 2012

Ronald Rice
stated on January 5, 2012 in a state senate budget committee hearing:

Says in Newark "we’re paying 80 percent of the school budget from local property taxes."

By Erin O'Neill • January 10, 2012

Greater Wisconsin Committee
stated on November 30, 2011 in a television ad:

Scott Walker’s school-aid cuts were so devastating that students are without chairs and a government survey found 47 kids in a classroom.

By Dave Umhoefer • December 23, 2011

Newt Gingrich
stated on December 10, 2011 in a Republican presidential debate in Des Moines, Iowa:

In New York City, "an entry level janitor gets paid twice as much as an entry level teacher."

By Louis Jacobson • December 12, 2011

Rick Perry
stated on December 7, 2011 in an Iowa TV ad.:

Our "kids can’t openly celebrate Christmas or pray in school."

By W. Gardner Selby • December 9, 2011

Wisconsin Education Association Council
stated on November 15, 2011 in a news release:

State budget cuts for local schools resulted in "nearly 4,000 educator layoffs"

By Dave Umhoefer • November 28, 2011

Scott Walker
stated on November 15, 2011 in a radio interview:

"The overwhelming number" of school districts reported their staff stayed the same or grew after the 2011-’13 state budget

By Dave Umhoefer • November 27, 2011

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