Latest Fact-Checks In Education

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Threads posts
Threads posts
stated on November 18, 2024 a Threads post
The Associated Press misspelled Mississippi in a headline about the state’s literacy program.
False
November 21, 2024
Instagram posts
Instagram posts
stated on November 13, 2024 an Instagram post
“Breaking: Trump names Boebert secretary of education”
False
November 15, 2024
Lisa Grafstein
Lisa Grafstein
stated on October 12, 2024 a campaign mailer
Scott Lassiter “repeatedly campaigned to promote” North Carolina's “largest-ever” school funding cut, sending public school money to “unaccountable private schools” and ending science education.
False
By Paul Specht • October 25, 2024
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on September 18, 2024 a speech in New York
When Haitians go to school in Springfield, Ohio, they “take the place of our children in school” and “each one will have a private interpreter."
False
By Amy Sherman • September 23, 2024
Michele Morrow
Michele Morrow
stated on September 16, 2024 a social media post
The plus in LGBTQ+ includes pedophilia.
Pants on Fire!
By Paul Specht • September 17, 2024
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on September 8, 2024 a social media post
Photos that show lists of school names are “school shooting lists.”
False
By Andy Nguyen • September 15, 2024
Kamala Harris
Kamala Harris
stated on August 28, 2024 an ad
Project 2025 would defund K-12 schools.
Half-True
By Samantha Putterman • September 6, 2024
Josh Stein
Josh Stein
stated on September 5, 2024 a press release
“Mark Robinson skips Board of Education vote on teacher bonuses to hold campaign event.”
Mostly False
By Paul Specht • September 6, 2024
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on August 30, 2024 an interview at a Moms for Liberty Conference
“The transgender thing is incredible... your kid goes to school and comes home a few days later with an operation. The school decides what’s going to happen with your child."
Pants on Fire!
By Grace Abels • September 5, 2024
Social Media
Social Media
stated on August 29, 2024 a post on Instagram
“BREAKING: Illegal Aliens in San Diego, California, tried to hijack 2 school buses filled with children.”
False
By Madison Czopek • September 4, 2024
Jesse Watters
Jesse Watters
stated on August 6, 2024 a segment on "Jesse Watters Primetime"
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz “forced schools to stock tampons in boys’ bathrooms.”
Mostly False
By Madison Czopek • August 13, 2024
Lindsey Graham
Lindsey Graham
stated on August 6, 2024 una publicación en X
El gobernador de Minnesota, Tim Walz, firmó una ley dando educación universitaria gratuita “a los inmigrantes ilegales”.
Mostly True
By Maria Briceño, Maria Ramirez Uribe • August 12, 2024
Lindsey Graham
Lindsey Graham
stated on August 6, 2024 an X post
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz signed “legislation giving free college … to illegal immigrants.”
Mostly True
By Maria Ramirez Uribe • August 9, 2024
Kamala Harris
Kamala Harris
stated on July 18, 2024 a campaign event in North Carolina
Project 2025 would “end Head Start.”
True
By Louis Jacobson, Mia Penner • July 23, 2024
Instagram posts
Instagram posts
stated on June 16, 2024 an Instagram post
California Assembly Bill 1955 “would allow schools to secretly, socially and perhaps medically transition your child without your knowledge and consent."
False
June 21, 2024
Tyler August
Tyler August
stated on May 3, 2024 Newsletter
“Nearly 90% of all UW graduates stay in Wisconsin 5 years after they graduate.”
True
By Sophia Voight • May 15, 2024
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on April 30, 2024 a Facebook reel
Video shows “protesters at Harvard replace American flag with Palestinian flag.”
False
By Sara Swann • May 3, 2024
Mike Johnson
Mike Johnson
stated on April 24, 2024 an interview with CNN
Said Columbia University has told students, “Well, if you’re Jewish, maybe you do want to stay home.”
False
By Louis Jacobson • April 29, 2024
Megyn Kelly
Megyn Kelly
stated on April 18, 2024 a Facebook post
“School allows students to be terrorized by colleagues who identify as ‘furries.’”
False
By Madison Czopek • April 26, 2024
Greta Neubauer
Greta Neubauer
stated on April 11, 2024 X, formerly Twitter
“The GOP has failed to invest in our campuses, making WI fall to 42nd in the nation in state support.”
Mostly True
By Hope Karnopp • April 24, 2024
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