Stand up for the facts!

Our only agenda is to publish the truth so you can be an informed participant in democracy.
We need your help.

More Info

I would like to contribute

$

Latest Fact-Checks In Education

Clear
John Kitzhaber
John Kitzhaber
stated on January 25, 2011 in an e-mail:
Says his state budget will "provide an increase in state funding for the 2011-12 school year."
Mostly True
By Ian K. Kullgren • February 2, 2011
Wendy Davis
Wendy Davis
stated on January 19, 2011 in a press release:
Says Texas ranks 44th nationally in education funding per pupil.
Mostly True
By Ciara O'Rourke • January 31, 2011
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on January 25, 2011 in the State of the Union address:
"As many as a quarter of our students aren’t even finishing high school."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • January 26, 2011
Jeb Bush
Jeb Bush
stated on January 3, 2011 in a Wall Street Journal op-ed piece.:
"In 1998, nearly half of Florida's fourth-graders were functionally illiterate. Today, 72% of them can read."
Mostly True
By Aaron Sharockman • January 3, 2011
Mt. Hood Community College
Mt. Hood Community College
stated on December 9, 2010 in the college's website:
Mt. Hood Community College is No. 1 on average and top faculty pay and benefits. 
Mostly True
By Janie Har • December 15, 2010
Angel Taveras
Angel Taveras
stated on November 27, 2010 in an appearance on WPRI-12's Newsmakers:
Providence teachers "can go five or six years without an evaluation."
Mostly True
By Cynthia Needham • December 3, 2010
John Kasich
John Kasich
stated on November 3, 2010 in a news conference:
"Ohio ranks 46th in the country in putting dollars in the classroom."
Mostly True
By Reginald Fields • November 30, 2010
Bob Donovan
Bob Donovan
stated on September 29, 2010 in a news release:
In 2011, Milwaukee Public Schools "will provide 77 cents in employee benefits for every dollar it spends on wages."
Mostly True
By Tom Kertscher • November 10, 2010
Lloyd Doggett
Lloyd Doggett
stated on October 27, 2010 in a campaign mailer:
"Donna Campbell has called for ending all federal funding for education"
Mostly True
By Ciara O'Rourke • October 28, 2010
Yes on 8
Yes on 8
stated on October 18, 2010 in a website:
"There currently are 825,000 student stations sitting empty across Florida in every district and at every grade level."
Mostly True
By Amy Sherman • October 24, 2010
Chris Dudley
Chris Dudley
stated on September 30, 2010 in the KGW/The Oregonian debate:
Says Oregon ranks 43rd in education.
Mostly True
By Ian K. Kullgren • October 7, 2010
Alex Sink
Alex Sink
stated on September 17, 2010 in a TV ad:
When Tallahassee politicians and bureaucrats tried to run our schools, "I've stood up to them to protect local control."
Mostly True
By Amy Sherman • September 30, 2010
Alex Sink
Alex Sink
stated on September 1, 2010 in figures cites on campaign website:
"Florida spends more than $300 million a year just on children repeating pre-K through 3rd grade."
Mostly True
By Laura Figueroa • September 21, 2010
Laura Tyson
Laura Tyson
stated on August 15, 2010 in an interview on ABC's "This Week with Christiane Amanpour'':
"Unemployment for those with college educations is now 4.5 percent. Unemployment for those with more than a college education, below 4 percent."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • August 17, 2010
Stephen Colbert
Stephen Colbert
stated on July 6, 2010 in a segement on The Colbert Report:
"It turns out that Texas has an $18 billion budget shortfall and can't afford its new science textbooks."
Mostly True
By Ciara O'Rourke • July 23, 2010
Empower Texans
Empower Texans
stated on May 14, 2010 in a Web video:
"There are 321,092 public school teachers in Texas. And there are 313,850 non-teachers in our public schools."
Mostly True
By Ciara O'Rourke • May 28, 2010
Rodney Ellis
Rodney Ellis
stated on May 14, 2010 in an interview.:
Says that in three legislative sessions, his proposals opening pre-kindergarten to all Texas 4-year-olds never got heard or voted out of committee.
Mostly True
By W. Gardner Selby • May 25, 2010
Jerry Patterson
Jerry Patterson
stated on April 27, 2010 in a newspaper column:
"We’re making more than ever off oil and gas right now, but it’s no secret that oil production in Texas peaked in the 1970s."
Mostly True
By W. Gardner Selby • May 2, 2010
Dan Gelber
Dan Gelber
stated on April 8, 2010 in a letter posted on his campaign Web site.:
Florida teachers are "already paid $5,000 below the national average."
Mostly True
By Lukas Pleva • April 19, 2010
Frederica Wilson
Frederica Wilson
stated on April 9, 2010 in her campaign Web site.:
Says she introduced a ban on "dirty dancing."
Mostly True
By Amy Sherman • April 9, 2010
Previous Next