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Latest Fact-Checks In Education

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Instagram posts
Instagram posts
stated on November 16, 2024 a video:
Video shows President-elect Donald Trump announcing “free college education” in November 2024.
False
By Ciara O'Rourke • November 27, 2024
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
By Sofia Ahmed • November 21, 2024
Instagram posts
Instagram posts
stated on November 13, 2024 an Instagram post:
“Breaking: Trump names Boebert secretary of education”
False
By Sofia Ahmed • 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, Marta Campabadal Graus • 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
By Jeff Cercone • 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
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