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Latest Fact-Checks In Education

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Melissa Melendez
Melissa Melendez
stated on July 9, 2020 a tweet
“There is no science or data to suggest that kids are at risk from COVID.”
False
By Chris Nichols • July 10, 2020
Chris Hayes
Chris Hayes
stated on July 7, 2020 a TV segment
"Higher education is one of America's strongest export sectors. Over 1 million international students studied at American universities, (in the) 2018-19 school year. They contributed over $40 billion to the economy.”
True
By Bill McCarthy • July 10, 2020
Beth Parlato
Beth Parlato
stated on May 7, 2020 a video in a tweet
Said New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo said that “with all the technology we have, we don't need actual classrooms.”
Mostly True
By Meghan Hall, Hannah Roesch • June 12, 2020
Kim Reynolds
Kim Reynolds
stated on January 14, 2020 the Condition of the State address
Iowa has “the highest high-school graduation rate in the country.”
Mostly True
By Katie Ann McCarver • May 29, 2020
Andrew Cuomo
Andrew Cuomo
stated on April 11, 2020 a briefing
Says that under the law, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio “can’t open” the city’s schools.
Half-True
By Rachel Kimmel, John Pullano • April 30, 2020
Mun Choi
Mun Choi
stated on February 25, 2020 an email update
“The facility (NextGen Precision Health Institute) construction alone will bring 3,400 jobs and $472 million in revenue to Missouri.”
Mostly True
By Julia Garlich • April 24, 2020
Kim Gray
Kim Gray
stated on March 3, 2020 a radio interview.
“Even Fairfax County doesn’t pay the kind of (school administration) salaries that Richmond is paying right now.”
False
By Warren Fiske • April 1, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on March 31, 2020 a Facebook post
Says students have to repeat the same grade next year.
Pants on Fire!
March 31, 2020
Tony Evers
Tony Evers
stated on January 26, 2020 a TV interview
On whether the state should use surplus funds for ongoing expenses.
Half Flip
By Haley BeMiller • March 17, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on July 14, 2018 posts on the Internet
A post comparing two construction workers — “Joe legal” and “Jose illegal” — says “Jose” pays no taxes yet gets free medical care, food stamps, welfare, and 'head of the class' priority for his children in applying for college.
False
By Louis Jacobson • March 13, 2020
Republican National Committee
Republican National Committee
stated on March 5, 2020 a mass email
On key issues including taxes, health care, the Green New Deal, abortion, and guns, there is “no daylight between” Bernie Sanders and Joe Biden.
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • March 10, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on February 28, 2020 a Facebook post
“I pay $165 a month on my student loans for the next 13 years to pay them off. With Bernie Sanders’ plan, my student loans will be forgiven. I’ll only have to pay $450 extra in taxes a month for the next 25 years to make sure I’ll have no more student debt.”
False
March 6, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on March 4, 2020 a Facebook post
“The State of Florida has announced measures that all workplaces with 10 employees or more are to have paid mandatory leave to avoid the spread of COVID-19 coronavirus starting on March 6, 2020. All schools are to close for 2 weeks also from March 6th.”
False
March 5, 2020
Josh Hawley
Josh Hawley
stated on January 15, 2020 a tweet
“As the State Department warned Mizzou in July 2019, and as I have repeatedly stated, (the Confucius Institute) presented security risks for students & university as a whole.”
Mostly False
By Tyler Messner • February 28, 2020
Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on February 23, 2020 an interview on CBS News' "60 Minutes"
“When Fidel Castro came into office, you know what he did? He had a massive literacy program.”
Mostly True
By Jon Greenberg • February 24, 2020
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on January 30, 2020 a blog post
“Colorado school forces students to wear hijabs.”
False
February 14, 2020
Roy Cooper
Roy Cooper
stated on January 21, 2020 a tweet
Says a "court has ordered North Carolina to step up significantly its funding for education."
Mostly True
By Paul Specht • February 12, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on December 31, 2019 social media posts
"California's Attorney General, Xavier Becerra is putting together plans to raise property tax revenue by eliminating the only thing keeping some people's property tax from sky rocketing, Prop 13."
False
By Chris Nichols • January 24, 2020
Jill Karofsky
Jill Karofsky
stated on November 19, 2019 a public forum
"The Department of Corrections budget in Wisconsin is more than the Department of Education budget."
Mostly False
By Haley BeMiller • January 24, 2020
Elizabeth Warren
Elizabeth Warren
stated on January 4, 2020 a speech
"We were living outside of Houston and that’s when I found it: a commuter college, 45 minutes away that cost $50 a semester."
Mostly True
By Madlin Mekelburg • January 17, 2020
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