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Latest Fact-Checks In Education

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New Hampshire Democratic Party
New Hampshire Democratic Party
stated on October 18, 2012 in a campaign mailer to New Hampshire residents :
Says Ovide Lamontagne wants to eliminate kindergarten.
Mostly False
By Maryalice Gill • November 3, 2012
Tere McCann
Tere McCann
stated on October 30, 2012 in a campaign mailer.:
Says opponent Chad Chadwell "wants condom techniques demonstrated to your children."
Mostly False
By W. Gardner Selby • November 1, 2012
Carl Hosticka
Carl Hosticka
stated on September 5, 2012 in a guest column:
Says Julie Parrish "voted to divert $160 million from public schools to private for-profit schools."
Mostly False
By Janie Har • October 13, 2012
Priorities USA Action
Priorities USA Action
stated on October 8, 2012 in a campaign ad:
Says Romney wants to "take away early childhood education, slash K-12 funding, and cut college aid … to pay for a $250,000 tax break for multi-millionaires."
Mostly False
By Molly Moorhead • October 10, 2012
Bill Powers
Bill Powers
stated on September 27, 2012 in his "State of the University" address.:
"We confer more PhDs each year than any other university in America except Berkeley."  
Mostly False
By W. Gardner Selby • October 10, 2012
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on September 21, 2012 in a Spanish-language television ad:
College tuition "costs have risen by 25 percent under the Democrats."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • September 25, 2012
Progress Texas
Progress Texas
stated on September 7, 2012 in a newsletter update:
Says a voter-adopted constitutional amendment "instructed" a state board headed by Jerry Patterson to put $300 million in investment earnings into a fund supporting public school operations.  
Mostly False
By W. Gardner Selby • September 21, 2012
Rick Santorum
Rick Santorum
stated on August 28, 2012 in a speech at the Republican National Convention:
President Obama’s education "solution" includes an effort to "nationalize curriculum."
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • August 30, 2012
New Hampshire Democratic Party
New Hampshire Democratic Party
stated on July 6, 2012 in a Web advertisement titled “College vs. Smokes.”:
"Bill O'Brien's Tea Party legislature tried to repeal kindergarten and compulsory education, defund Planned Parenthood and eliminate insurance coverage for birth control."
Mostly False
By Jake Berry • July 16, 2012
Kelly Ayotte
Kelly Ayotte
stated on May 8, 2012 in an email to the news media:
Says the Affordable Care Act was a federal takeover of the student loan industry and ‘profits’ on the loans go to help pay for the health care law.
Mostly False
By Maryalice Gill • June 1, 2012
Mike Schaufler
Mike Schaufler
stated on May 8, 2012 in campaign mailer:
Says Jeff Reardon cut elementary school music classes, art instruction, teaching positions, basketball and volleyball programs, and he voted to raise school lunch prices. 
Mostly False
By Janie Har • May 11, 2012
Loretta Weinberg
Loretta Weinberg
stated on April 30, 2012 in an op-ed published on NorthJersey.com:
Says Rep. Paul Ryan’s budget proposal "would effectively double the interest paid out on existing and future student loans."
Mostly False
By Erin O'Neill • May 6, 2012
Nathan Deal
Nathan Deal
stated on April 17, 2012 in a speech before the Atlanta Press Club:
Before the HOPE scholarship, "70 percent of the high school students who made 1400 or above on their SAT left the state of Georgia. Now, 70 percent of those stay in the state of Georgia."
Mostly False
By Willoughby Mariano • May 1, 2012
John Boehner
John Boehner
stated on April 24, 2012 in a Twitter post:
"Student loan rates set to double because a Democratic-controlled Congress voted to double them."
Mostly False
By Tom Feran • May 1, 2012
Sara Stevenson
Sara Stevenson
stated on April 4, 2012 in an op-ed column.:
"The Austin school district calendar lists 64 different dates for either a state-mandated test or make-up test."
Mostly False
By W. Gardner Selby • April 20, 2012
George LeMieux
George LeMieux
stated on February 24, 2012 in a web ad:
Says U.S. Rep. Connie Mack "took seven and a half years to finish college."
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • March 28, 2012
Ohio Federation of Teachers
Ohio Federation of Teachers
stated on March 12, 2012 in a news release:
"The (Jackson) plan (for reforming Cleveland schools) lacks any data or methods proven to raise student achievement."
Mostly False
By Aaron Marshall • March 28, 2012
Michael Doherty
Michael Doherty
stated on February 28, 2012 in an interview on NJToday:
Says State Comptroller Matthew Boxer "pointed out that many towns are artificially lowering the real estate values that they report to Trenton" in order to "get hundreds of millions of dollars of additional school aid. This is the kind of fraud that needs to be addressed immediately."
Mostly False
By Bill Wichert • March 5, 2012
George Barker
George Barker
stated on January 11, 2012 in a speech.:
Says Gov. Bob McDonnell's budget would cut pre-kindergarten programs. 
Mostly False
By Nancy Madsen • February 9, 2012
Newt Gingrich
Newt Gingrich
stated on January 28, 2012 in comments at a campaign event:
Students today "take more years to get through" college.
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • January 30, 2012
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