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Elizabeth Warren
Elizabeth Warren
stated on January 4, 2020 in 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
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on January 14, 2020 in a Facebook post:
Florida is "the 45th in state education funding."
True
By Amy Sherman • January 17, 2020
Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on January 13, 2020 in a Sun Sentinel op ed:
"In Florida children are required to take their first standardized test within 30 days of beginning kindergarten and Gov. DeSantis wants to extend that requirement to preschoolers."  
Half-True
By Amy Sherman • January 15, 2020
Frederica Wilson
Frederica Wilson
stated on December 12, 2019 in a hearing:
Says Betsy DeVos is the "most unpopular person in our government."
Mostly True
By Amy Sherman • January 6, 2020
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on June 27, 2018 in a headline:
"Florida school drops Common Core – soars to number one"
False
By Amy Sherman • January 2, 2020
Jim Justice
Jim Justice
stated on December 4, 2019 in a campaign ad:
"Jim Justice is the first West Virginia governor to fight for pay raises for educators."
Pants on Fire!
By Autumn Cecil, Katherine Baile • December 17, 2019
Jeff Jackson
Jeff Jackson
stated on December 3, 2019 in a tweet:
Says North Carolina's average teacher salary was at the national average "back when I was in public school." 
False
By Matthew Riley, Paul Specht • December 11, 2019
Woody Thrasher
Woody Thrasher
stated on August 21, 2019 in a tweet:
"West Virginia is sixth overall in the average number of at-risk youth."
Mostly True
By Alayna Degenhardt, Farrah Frattaroli • December 6, 2019
E. Gordon Gee
E. Gordon Gee
stated on June 21, 2019 in a speech:
"In West Virginia, we have 20,000 jobs in which we don’t have skilled workers."
Half-True
By Steven Murphy, Victoria Gennuso • December 6, 2019
Tony Evers
Tony Evers
stated on November 21, 2019 in a veto message:
Says a Republican bill he vetoed would have implemented a "mandate" to make public the names of all students’ parents or guardians.
False
By Eric Litke • December 3, 2019
Elizabeth Warren
Elizabeth Warren
stated on November 20, 2019 in a debate:
"Today in America — a new study came out — 20 years out, whites who borrowed money, 94% of them have paid off their student loan debt; 5% of African Americans have paid it off."
Mostly False
By Tom Kertscher • November 21, 2019
David Lewis
David Lewis
stated on November 8, 2019 in a tweet:
Says Governor Cooper has vetoed "every single teacher pay raise we've ever passed."
Half-True
By Paul Specht • November 19, 2019
Todd Starnes
Todd Starnes
stated on October 29, 2019 in a blog post:
The Austin Independent School District board voted to mandate "a pornographic sex education policy that includes instruction on anal sex and how to place a condom on an erect penis."
Mostly False
By Madlin Mekelburg • November 19, 2019
Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on October 19, 2019 in a rally in New York City:
Says Congress gave Wall Street "trillions of dollars of zero interest loans."  
Half-True
By Jon Greenberg • October 25, 2019
Jeremy Thiesfeldt
Jeremy Thiesfeldt
stated on September 19, 2019 in a weekly radio address:
"The vast majority of Wisconsin students cannot even read, write, or do math at grade level."
False
By Eric Litke • October 23, 2019
Kirk Cox
Kirk Cox
stated on October 13, 2019 in a TV ad.:
"Sheila Bynum-Coleman said, ‘We need to get the police out of the schools.’"  
Mostly False
By Warren Fiske • October 22, 2019
Joe Manchin
Joe Manchin
stated on September 9, 2019 in a Facebook post:
"West Virginia Department of Education reported over 10,000 children and youth have been identified as homeless for the 2018-2019 school year."
True
By Alayna Degenhardt, Farrah Frattaroli • October 11, 2019
Lori Lightfoot
Lori Lightfoot
stated on September 25, 2019 in remarks at a town hall:
"Teachers in Chicago Public Schools are paid some of the highest compensation of any school system in the country."
Mostly False
By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller • October 11, 2019
Siobhan Dunnavant
Siobhan Dunnavant
stated on September 30, 2019 in a campaign mailer.:
Del. Debra Rodman "opposes adoption as an alternative to abortion in event of unplanned pregnancies."  
False
By Warren Fiske • October 8, 2019
Rob Swearingen
Rob Swearingen
stated on September 5, 2019 in Republican weekly radio address:
Says Gov. Tony Evers vetoed a school computer program, "saying it would be better spent in urban districts like Madison and Milwaukee."
False
By Eric Litke • September 27, 2019
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