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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 • 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
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
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on September 11, 2018 in a TV ad
"Fourth grade reading and math scores, first in the nation. Eighth grade reading, first. High school AP classes and college education, both ranked first in the nation."
Mostly False
By Kyra Haas • September 26, 2018
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