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Latest Fact-Checks In Education

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Civitas Institute
Civitas Institute
stated on January 28, 2019 a tweet:
"There are almost 60,000 North Carolina children on waiting lists to access a school that works best for them."
Mostly True
By Bill McCarthy • February 5, 2019
Paul Vallas
Paul Vallas
stated on December 31, 2018 a radio interview:
"I took over the school district when it had a $1 billion structural deficit and left them with $1 billion in cash and 70,000 more students than they have today."
Mostly True
By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller • January 6, 2019
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on December 9, 2018 a headline:
"Principal bans candy canes."
Mostly True
By Amy Sherman • December 11, 2018
Paul Espinosa
Paul Espinosa
stated on October 9, 2018 a tweet:
"From 1990 to 2015 under (Democratic) control, W. Va. teacher pay rank plummeted from 30th in the nation to 48th."
Mostly False
By Anja Martin • December 7, 2018
Roman Prezioso
Roman Prezioso
stated on November 29, 2018 a panel discussion at West Virginia University:
"Fifty percent of our (West Virginia) budget was for lower education."
Mostly True
By Lizzie Perry, Shannon MacNeil • December 6, 2018
Students, Parents and Teachers supporting Marshall Tuck
Students, Parents and Teachers supporting Marshall Tuck
stated on October 11, 2018 a campaign TV ad:
Says Tony Thurmond was "sued by the ACLU" for leaving students in unsafe conditions. 
False
By Chris Nichols • November 5, 2018
Students, Parents and Teachers supporting Marshall Tuck
Students, Parents and Teachers supporting Marshall Tuck
stated on October 11, 2018 a campaign TV ad:
Says Tony Thurmond was "Reprimanded by the Obama Administration for failing to address widespread sexual harassment and assault in district schools."
False
By Chris Nichols • November 5, 2018
Tony Thurmond
Tony Thurmond
stated on October 11, 2018 a campaign ad:
Says Marshall Tuck "is backed by Donald Trump’s education advisor" pictured as Betsy DeVos. 
False
By Chris Nichols • November 5, 2018
Tony Evers
Tony Evers
stated on September 25, 2018 a campaign ad:
Says Scott Walker ‘cut $800 million from our schools.’
Mostly False
By Eric Litke • November 2, 2018
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on October 23, 2018 a campaign ad:
Says Tony Evers wants to give in-state tuition and drivers licenses to "illegal aliens."
Mostly True
By Eric Litke, Tom Kertscher • November 2, 2018
Tony Evers
Tony Evers
stated on September 25, 2018 a campaign ad:
Says he "raised graduation rates to nearly 90 percent."
Half-True
By D.L. Davis • October 31, 2018
Christine Hallquist
Christine Hallquist
stated on October 10, 2018 a press conference:
"There have been 44 plans submitted affecting 90 school districts. And the Scott administration has rejected all of them."
False
By Lola Duffort • October 30, 2018
Ron DeSantis
Ron DeSantis
stated on October 24, 2018 a debate at Broward College:
Says Andrew Gillum was "singing a different tune" about charter schools at the Florida debate.
Mostly True
By Amy Sherman • October 29, 2018
Dan McCready
Dan McCready
stated on October 17, 2018 a debate:
"Mark Harris has said he would abolish the Department of Education."
True
By Bill McCarthy • October 22, 2018
JD Wooten
JD Wooten
stated on September 28, 2018:
"Republicans in the General Assembly cut teacher pay so much when they took over in 2011 that even with recent pay raises, we are still below pre-Recession pay levels."
Mostly False
By Bill McCarthy • October 17, 2018
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on September 20, 2018 a TV ad:
Says Tony Evers will "raise property taxes, raise income taxes and raise gas taxes by as much as a dollar a gallon."
Half-True
By Tom Kertscher • October 11, 2018
Joe Manchin
Joe Manchin
stated on September 14, 2018 tweet:
Says Patrick Morrisey undertook "efforts to put educators in jail."
False
By Kristen Mohammadi • October 11, 2018
Rahm Emanuel
Rahm Emanuel
stated on September 25, 2018 remarks at an event:
Says three research universities "came out and said (CPS is) the best public school system in the United States of a major urban system."
Mostly False
By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller • October 5, 2018
E. Gordon Gee
E. Gordon Gee
stated on February 12, 2018 a letter to the university community:
West Virginia University’s incoming freshman class has the "highest-ever GPA"
Mostly True
By Davis Versprille, Zack Schwehm • September 28, 2018
Bill Nelson
Bill Nelson
stated on September 7, 2018 a Facebook post:
Says Florida Gov. Rick Scott "subtracted $1.3 billion from public schools."  
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • September 28, 2018
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