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Leah Vukmir
Leah Vukmir
stated on June 1, 2018 a tweet
Tammy Baldwin "opposed displaying the flag and reciting the Pledge of Allegiance or singing the National Anthem in our classrooms."
Mostly False
By Diana Dombrowski • July 20, 2018
Viral image
Viral image
stated on July 3, 2018 a meme shared on the Internet
"39% of All California Students are illegals."
False
By Louis Jacobson • July 5, 2018
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on May 13, 2018 a TV interview
"By law, Democrats gave the superintendent of public instruction, back in 2009, the ability to take over failing schools … The current superintendent has failed to do that."
False
By D.L. Davis • July 5, 2018
Kelda Helen Roys
Kelda Helen Roys
stated on May 28, 2018 a radio interview
"There are a lot of private charters. And in fact, (Tony Evers) sought and received the largest charter school grant in the country from the Trump-DeVos administration to start new charter schools in Wisconsin."
Half-True
By Anna Groves • July 3, 2018
Troy LaRaviere
Troy LaRaviere
stated on June 1, 2018 a blog post
"Under Emanuel, CPS has become the most understaffed school district in Illinois."
True
By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller • June 21, 2018
Roy Cooper
Roy Cooper
stated on May 30, 2018 a tweet
"One legislative Republican’s district gets almost all the school supply funding."
Mostly False
By Paul Specht • June 7, 2018
Florida House Majority Office
Florida House Majority Office
stated on May 17, 2018 a video
It is a "myth" that "per-student funding only rose by 47 cents this year."
Mostly False
By Allison Graves • May 30, 2018
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on April 17, 2018 an online ad
"Property and income taxes will be lower in 2018 than they were in 2010."
Mostly True
May 30, 2018
Nancy Pelosi
Nancy Pelosi
stated on May 23, 2018 a CNN town hall
A recent spending bill had at least "$1.6 billion in there ... for schools to give them an opportunity to secure them."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • May 24, 2018
Andy Gronik
Andy Gronik
stated on May 13, 2018 a candidates forum
"I’ve lived" in Milwaukee "all 61 years of my life."  
Mostly False
May 23, 2018
Keith Faber
Keith Faber
stated on May 11, 2018 a statement to the press
"Thanks to the strong charter school reforms put in place while I was Senate President" the online charter school ECOT "was caught and is out of business."  
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • May 17, 2018
Lupe Valdez
Lupe Valdez
stated on May 8, 2018 a Facebook Live interview by the Fort Worth Star-Telegram editorial board
"There are some counties in Texas where the first day of hunting, you have to shut down the schools because people are going to go hunting."
False
By W. Gardner Selby • May 16, 2018
Stokes County school teacher
Stokes County school teacher
stated on May 10, 2018 a Facebook post
"I am roughly being paid $53 a day to educate your child."
False
By Paul Specht • May 16, 2018
Patty Murray
Patty Murray
stated on May 8, 2018 a Senate subcommittee hearing
"Each year ICE detains someone, it costs taxpayers over $50,000. For comparison, by the way, that's four times the amount the federal government spends on each child in our public schools."
Half-True
By Miriam Valverde • May 11, 2018
Adam Putnam
Adam Putnam
stated on May 5, 2018 a Republican candidate forum
"Welders are coming out of their tech schools at $28 an hour" and "pipefitters are making six figures."  
Half-True
By Allison Graves • May 10, 2018
Bill Hightower
Bill Hightower
stated on April 18, 2018 a debate
"In Mobile, it’s something like, 1,700 families generate 80 percent of the crime. We know who those families are."
Half-True
By Manuela Tobias • April 23, 2018
Tony Evers
Tony Evers
stated on March 23, 2018 an interview
Says that despite a recent increase in school funding, Scott Walker "has taken over a billion dollars from the public schools."  
Mostly False
April 20, 2018
Cynthia Nixon
Cynthia Nixon
stated on March 26, 2018 a press conference
Four years after Gov. Andrew Cuomo promised universal pre-K, "79 percent of 4-year olds outside New York City lack full-day pre-K."
Mostly True
By Dan Clark • March 30, 2018
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on March 16, 2018 a headline
"Ohio student suspended for staying in class during National Walkout Day"
Half-True
By Amy Sherman • March 28, 2018
Mike Collier
Mike Collier
stated on March 18, 2018 a tweet
"The state is set to recapture an additional $500 million in Robin Hood payments from taxpayers and not one penny of it will go to public education in Texas."
False
By W. Gardner Selby • March 23, 2018
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