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Sherrod Brown
Sherrod Brown
stated on April 15, 2012 in a news release:
Says the average Ohio student graduates from a four-year college or university with nearly $27,000 in tuition debt.
Half-True
By Tom Feran • May 7, 2012
Forbes blog
Forbes blog
stated on April 22, 2012 in a blog post:
"The University of Florida announced this past week that it was dropping its computer science department ... Meanwhile, the athletic budget for the current year is $97.7 million, an increase of more than $2 million from last year."
Half-True
By Kim Wilmath • April 24, 2012
Michael Adams
Michael Adams
stated on April 15, 2012 in a newspaper article:
Georgia’s HOPE scholarship is "still the richest scholarship program in America."
Half-True
By Willoughby Mariano • April 23, 2012
Sandra Williams
Sandra Williams
stated on March 21, 2012 in a news conference:
"99.97 percent of the kids live in poverty that attend Cleveland public schools."
Half-True
By Reginald Fields • April 10, 2012
Jeffrey Hernandez
Jeffrey Hernandez
stated on March 23, 2012 in a letter to the Providence School District.:
Says his reform efforts improved performance at all 10 low-performing schools in Palm Beach, Florida.
Half-True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • April 8, 2012
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on April 3, 2012 in remarks to a meeting of the Newspaper Association of America:
Under the House Republican budget, "if these cuts were to be spread out evenly … the year after next, nearly 10 million college students would see their financial aid cut by an average of more than $1,000 each."
Half-True
By Becky Bowers • April 6, 2012
Heather Fiorentino
Heather Fiorentino
stated on March 1, 2012 in a press release:
Pasco County "opened 22 new schools over six years to keep pace with growth in student population and implement the class size amendment."
Half-True
By Jeffrey S. Solochek • March 4, 2012
Jan Jones
Jan Jones
stated on February 6, 2012 in an essay:
"[W]hen adjusted for cost of living, Georgia ranks first nationally in teacher salary and benefits."
Half-True
By Eric Stirgus • February 22, 2012
Chris Thomas
Chris Thomas
stated on February 6, 2012 in a Shelby County Commission meeting.:
"Shelby County donated – I’m sorry, gave – 44 schools to the city of Memphis."
Half-True
By Zack McMillin • February 19, 2012
David A. Clarke Jr.
David A. Clarke Jr.
stated on January 23, 2012 in remarks :
Says Milwaukee blacks have 55 percent male unemployment, 60 percent truancy, a 50 percent graduation rate, the "worst" reading scores and "lead" in infant mortality. 
Half-True
By Tom Kertscher • February 13, 2012
Fred Clark
Fred Clark
stated on February 1, 2012 in a Democratic Party radio address:
Says Gov. Scott Walker "made more than $70 million in cuts to job training programs through (Wisconsin’s) technical colleges."
Half-True
By Dave Umhoefer • February 5, 2012
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on January 23, 2012 in comments to reporters in Tampa, Fla.:
"(Newt Gingrich) voted in favor of establishing the Department of Education, and yet he gets in a debate and says we should get rid of the Department of Education and send all the education issues back to the states."
Half-True
By Becky Bowers • January 25, 2012
Silvestre Reyes
Silvestre Reyes
stated on January 9, 2012 in a press release:
Says 282 Texas school districts have requested emergency waivers to increase elementary school class sizes because of "unprecedented fiscal challenges."
Half-True
By Meghan Ashford-Grooms • January 21, 2012
Angel Taveras
Angel Taveras
stated on January 8, 2012 in a newspaper commentary:
"In Connecticut and New York, students at Achievement First schools consistently outperform city and statewide averages."
Half-True
By Alex Kuffner • January 15, 2012
Ron Paul
Ron Paul
stated on January 11, 2012 in an interview.:
Says that when Republicans held Congress and the presidency, they "doubled the size of the (U.S.) Department of Education."
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • January 11, 2012
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on January 10, 2012 in his State of the State address:
"My recommended budget includes $1 billion in new state funding for education."
Half-True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • January 10, 2012
Stacey Evans
Stacey Evans
stated on November 18, 2011 in an op-ed:
"By fiscal year 2013, the state is expected to wipe through [HOPE scholarship] reserve funds."
Half-True
By Eric Stirgus • November 28, 2011
Rebecca Kleefisch
Rebecca Kleefisch
stated on November 15, 2011 in a video:
A recall election for Wisconsin governor would cost "$7.7 million -- $7.7 million that may already be allocated to merit raises for teachers or health care for the poor or school books for your kids."
Half-True
By Tom Kertscher • November 23, 2011
Democratic National Committee
Democratic National Committee
stated on November 17, 2011 in an e-mail message:
"House Republicans are ramming through legislation ... to classify pizza as a 'vegetable' for the purpose of school lunches." 
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By Becky Bowers • November 22, 2011
Newt Gingrich
Newt Gingrich
stated on November 9, 2011 in a Republican presidential debate in Michigan:
"By 2014, there will be one administrator for every teacher on college campuses in the United States."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson, Molly Moorhead • November 14, 2011
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