Latest Fact-Checks In Education

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Glenn Youngkin
Glenn Youngkin
stated on January 17, 2022 a speech.
Virginia’s “education standards for math and reading are now the lowest in the nation.”
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By Warren Fiske • January 21, 2022
Glenn Youngkin
Glenn Youngkin
stated on September 2, 2021 a newspaper column.
“Virginia has the lowest standards for math and reading of all 50 states.”
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By Warren Fiske • October 20, 2021
Occupy Democrats
Occupy Democrats
stated on September 1, 2021 on social media
Texas “ranks 50th in baby wellness checks, ranks 50th in clinical care for infants, ranks 50th in uninsured women, ranks 43rd in maternal mortality, ranks 44th in school funding per child, and ranks 46th in child hunger.”
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By Louis Jacobson • September 8, 2021
Tom Nelson
Tom Nelson
stated on April 11, 2021 Twitter
"Since 2010, student debt has increased by 102% and real wages have fallen by over 8%.”
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By Haley BeMiller • May 21, 2021
Pat McCrory
Pat McCrory
stated on May 4, 2021 a podcast
Says “75% of third-graders in this year’s class are not reading at a third grade level” and, for those who don’t catch up, there’s “an 80% chance that you will not graduate.”
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By Paul Specht • May 14, 2021
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on April 21, 2021 remarks
Says his administration’s efforts have led to more school reopenings.
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By Amy Sherman • April 27, 2021
Roy Blunt
Roy Blunt
stated on February 25, 2021 a tweet
Says his amendment on a budget bill “would have helped get kids back in school after teachers were vaccinated. Every single Senate Democrat voted against it.”
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By William Skipworth • March 10, 2021
Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on March 6, 2021 a tweet
In rejecting his amendment, “Democrats voted to send reopening money to schools that refuse to reopen.”
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By Jon Greenberg • March 9, 2021
Roy Cooper
Roy Cooper
stated on October 14, 2020 a debate
Says Dan Forest wants to use tax dollars “to help rich people send their kids to private school using vouchers.”
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By Paul Specht • October 22, 2020
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on September 29, 2020 the first presidential debate
“Suburbs are by and large integrated.”
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By Louis Jacobson • October 1, 2020
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on September 15, 2020 a speech at a Florida event
“24 of every 100 kids in school today speak Spanish.”
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By Amy Sherman • September 23, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on August 24, 2020 Facebook post
“Police training in Wisconsin is 21 weeks. A cosmetology license takes 40 weeks.”
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By Haley BeMiller • August 27, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on July 2, 2020 a Facebook post
“TEA is allowing online learning with attendance stipulations but will not fund school districts if they do not open their schools...If schools do not open and are not funded there will be no more teachers or school at all.”
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July 23, 2020
Andrew Cuomo
Andrew Cuomo
stated on April 11, 2020 a briefing
Says that under the law, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio “can’t open” the city’s schools.
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By Rachel Kimmel, John Pullano • April 30, 2020
Republican National Committee
Republican National Committee
stated on March 5, 2020 a mass email
On key issues including taxes, health care, the Green New Deal, abortion, and guns, there is “no daylight between” Bernie Sanders and Joe Biden.
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By Louis Jacobson • March 10, 2020
Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on January 13, 2020 a Sun Sentinel op ed
"In Florida children are required to take their first standardized test within 30 days of beginning kindergarten and Gov. DeSantis wants to extend that requirement to preschoolers."  
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By Amy Sherman • January 15, 2020
E. Gordon Gee
E. Gordon Gee
stated on June 21, 2019 a speech
"In West Virginia, we have 20,000 jobs in which we don’t have skilled workers."
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By Steven Murphy, Victoria Gennuso • December 6, 2019
David Lewis
David Lewis
stated on November 8, 2019 a tweet
Says Governor Cooper has vetoed "every single teacher pay raise we've ever passed."
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By Paul Specht • November 19, 2019
Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on October 19, 2019 a rally in New York City
Says Congress gave Wall Street "trillions of dollars of zero interest loans."  
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By Jon Greenberg • October 25, 2019
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on September 16, 2019 a viral meme
Says Elizabeth Warren "was paid $400,000 to teach one class."
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By Bill McCarthy • September 18, 2019
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