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Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on January 14, 2020 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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
November 21, 2019
David Lewis
David Lewis
stated on November 8, 2019 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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
Sheila Bynum-Coleman
Sheila Bynum-Coleman
stated on September 5, 2019 a TV ad.
Kirk "Cox joined special interests to deny teachers raises."
Pants on Fire!
By Warren Fiske • September 24, 2019
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