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Chuck Norris
Chuck Norris
stated on February 14, 2011 an opinion column
"Some of our state's educational administrators joined the feds in seeking to mandate Arabic classes for Texas children."
Mostly False
February 28, 2011
Eric Bolling
Eric Bolling
stated on February 21, 2011 his Fox Business Network program
In Wisconsin, teachers make $89,000 in salary and benefits, compared to $48,000 for all other workers in the United States.
Mostly False
February 23, 2011
Shawn Lindsay
Shawn Lindsay
stated on February 9, 2011 an e-mail
Says John Kitzhaber’s proposed budget for upcoming biennium represents 8 percent increase over last
Mostly False
By Ian K. Kullgren • February 18, 2011
Dan Lucas
Dan Lucas
stated on February 2, 2011 a website
"Governor’s proposed budget raids K-12 school funds to grow DHS again."
Mostly False
By Janie Har • February 14, 2011
Rees Lloyd
Rees Lloyd
stated on December 10, 2010 a website posting
Portland Public Schools invites "well-paid, well-fed school bureaucrats, administrators, teachers, other staff, non-needy students, affluent parents of students, and other adults, including on the other extreme the adult homeless, illegal aliens, fanatical Muslim terrorists, or drug addicted street people, to enjoy cheap breakfasts in taxpayer-paid school facilities amidst school children."
Mostly False
By Janie Har • December 25, 2010
Boyd Richie
Boyd Richie
stated on December 13, 2010 a press release.
Says Texas Republican leaders "have proposed laying off thousands of teachers."
Mostly False
By W. Gardner Selby • December 24, 2010
Jim Doyle
Jim Doyle
stated on October 15, 2010 an interview with the BBC NewsHour
About 1 in 10 public school teachers in Wisconsin would have been laid off without federal stimulus funds.
Mostly False
By Dave Umhoefer • November 8, 2010
Rick Boucher
Rick Boucher
stated on October 25, 2010 a TV ad
"Morgan Griffith fought for a plan that would have taken money away from our schools and given it to Northern Virginia schools instead." 
Mostly False
By Warren Fiske • October 28, 2010
Casey Cagle
Casey Cagle
stated on October 11, 2010 a television ad
"We refused to balance the budget on the backs of our children."
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By Eric Stirgus • October 20, 2010
Kendra Yarbrough Camarena
Kendra Yarbrough Camarena
stated on September 14, 2010 a TV ad.
"Austin politicians want to cram more kids into classrooms so they don't have to make the tough decisions to balance the budget."
Mostly False
By W. Gardner Selby • September 25, 2010
Republican Party of Georgia
Republican Party of Georgia
stated on September 7, 2010 GOP press release
"Barnes opposed the creation of the HOPE Scholarship and campaigned against Zell Miller on the issue."
Mostly False
By Jim Tharpe • September 20, 2010
National Republican Congressional Committee
National Republican Congressional Committee
stated on September 12, 2010 a TV ad.
"700 jobs (were) lost because Allen Boyd" voted for the health care bill.
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By Aaron Sharockman • September 16, 2010
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on September 5, 2010 a speech on Labor Day
John Boehner said the jobs of "teachers and nurses and police officers and firefighters" are "'government jobs' that weren't worth saving."
Mostly False
By Angie Drobnic Holan • September 8, 2010
Rebecca Bell-Metereau
Rebecca Bell-Metereau
stated on August 9, 2010 a campaign flier
Ken Mercer "wants Sean Hannity and James Dobson included in social studies texts."
Mostly False
By Meghan Ashford-Grooms • August 14, 2010
Nancy Pelosi
Nancy Pelosi
stated on August 10, 2010 a news release
A bill to aid state and local governments "is fully paid-for by closing costly corporate tax loopholes."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • August 13, 2010
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on July 13, 2010 an interview with CNBC
"We have more kids take the SAT than any other state in the nation. I mean a high percentage of our kids take the SAT."
Mostly False
July 22, 2010
Democratic National Committee
Democratic National Committee
stated on April 7, 2010 a press release.
"The Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act is the largest-ever investment in higher education."
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By W. Gardner Selby • April 21, 2010
Paula Dockery
Paula Dockery
stated on April 3, 2010 an opinion column in the Lakeland Ledger
"Teachers will not be able to return to work after raising their children."
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • April 6, 2010
Barbara Cargill
Barbara Cargill
stated on March 11, 2010 a State Board of Education meeting
"The Federal Reserve system has presided over about a 95... percent decline in the U.S. dollar."
Mostly False
March 22, 2010
Ken Mercer
Ken Mercer
stated on February 19, 2010 an advertisement
Challenger Tim Tuggey "is a lobbyist who donated over $41,000 to Democrats who support abortion and same-sex marriage."
Mostly False
By W. Gardner Selby • March 1, 2010
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