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Stacey Abrams
Stacey Abrams
stated on January 17, 2018 in a statement to The Root:
Says under her leadership, "Democrats fought to ... make sure the (2011 HOPE) bill ... prevented the use of ACT/SAT testing standards."
Half-True
By Jon Greenberg • January 24, 2018
Delaine Eastin
Delaine Eastin
stated on January 13, 2018 in a town hall :
California is 41st in the nation in per pupil K-12 spending, but "No. 1 in per prisoner" spending.
Mostly True
By Chris Nichols • January 17, 2018
Andrew White
Andrew White
stated on January 11, 2018 in a public interview with Evan Smith of the Texas Tribune:
"Fifty percent of our new" Texas "teachers don’t have college degrees."
False
By W. Gardner Selby • January 17, 2018
Bill de Blasio
Bill de Blasio
stated on January 3, 2018 in a press conference:
"The graduation rate in New York City has increased by 50 percent in 13 years"
True
By Dan Clark • January 17, 2018
Kelda Helen Roys
Kelda Helen Roys
stated on December 11, 2017 in a candidates forum:
In 2011 under Scott Walker, Wisconsin for the first time spent "more on our prison system than we did" on the University of Wisconsin System.  
Mostly True
By Tom Kertscher • January 12, 2018
Julián Castro
Julián Castro
stated on October 29, 2017 in a conference call reported in a PJ Media web post:
Says a "recent analysis" showed that 91 percent of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) recipients are employed, in school or serving in the military.    
Mostly True
By Jasper Scherer • January 10, 2018
Jenna Fischer
Jenna Fischer
stated on December 23, 2017 in a tweet:
After enactment of the Republican tax bill, "school teachers can no longer deduct the cost of their classroom supplies on their taxes."
False
By Louis Jacobson • December 27, 2017
Parker Briden
Parker Briden
stated on November 13, 2017 in a St. Louis Post-Dispatch article:
"We've seen funding increases for schools. We haven't seen a corresponding performance increase."
Mostly False
By Katelyn Brown • December 26, 2017
Tom Luce
Tom Luce
stated on November 15, 2017 in testimony before the House Select Committee on Economic Competitiveness:
"Only 20 percent of our current graduates from Texas high schools go ahead and achieve either a national certificate or a community college degree -- or a college degree."
Mostly False
By W. Gardner Selby • December 5, 2017
Stacey Abrams
Stacey Abrams
stated on November 15, 2017 in a post on Twitter:
"The average cost for infant care in GA is almost $7,700/yr – more than average in-state college tuition."
Half-True
By Emily Tanaka • November 22, 2017
NARAL Pro-Choice America
NARAL Pro-Choice America
stated on November 15, 2017 in an online popup ad:
Says Paul Ryan is leading the effort to "pass a tax bill with divisive conception language by disguising it as a college savings plan" in "another attempt to ban abortion and rob women of their reproductive rights."
Half-True
By Tom Kertscher • November 22, 2017
Mike Collier
Mike Collier
stated on October 31, 2017 in an email blast:
"Earlier this year, Dan Patrick and Republican leadership snatched millions of dollars in benefits from retired teachers."
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • November 18, 2017
Roger Falk
Roger Falk
stated on November 3, 2017 in an oped commentary in the Austin American-Statesman:
Says the Austin school district "enjoys the highest per-student funding of all large Texas districts" even after forwarding tax revenue to the state.
False
By W. Gardner Selby • November 17, 2017
Chicago Public Schools
Chicago Public Schools
stated on November 2, 2017 in a press release:
"CPS students are learning and growing faster than 96 percent of students in the United States."
Mostly True
By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller • November 10, 2017
Delaine Eastin
Delaine Eastin
stated on October 16, 2017 in an interview on Capital Public Radio:
Since 1965, California has built "six (college) campuses but 23 prisons."
False
By Chris Nichols • November 9, 2017
Dianne Feinstein
Dianne Feinstein
stated on November 6, 2017 in a tweet:
"Teachers spend $1.6 BILLION per year on school supplies. The Republican tax bill ELIMINATES their ability to deduct those expenses."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • November 7, 2017
Eric Greitens
Eric Greitens
stated on August 23, 2017 in a Facebook live video:
The University of Missouri saw "the biggest drop in enrollment of any major university in the country" since the 2015 protests.
Mostly False
By Riley Newton, Tateanna McCaskill • October 31, 2017
Delaine Eastin
Delaine Eastin
stated on October 11, 2017 in an op-ed:
"Ninety percent of people born in the 1940s ended up doing better financially than their parents. But those born in the 1980s, the much-maligned Millennials, have only a 50-50 chance of doing better (financially) than their parents, despite being the best-educated generation in our history."
True
By Chris Nichols • October 27, 2017
Stacey Abrams
Stacey Abrams
stated on October 2, 2017 in a public forum:
Says Stacey Evans "voted for (school) vouchers...in the beginning."
Half-True
By Emily Tanaka • October 17, 2017
Committee of Austin's Children PAC
Committee of Austin's Children PAC
stated on September 24, 2017 in a handout in advance of November 2017 vote on a bond proposition:
Says a proposed $1.05 billion Austin school district bond proposition "will require no tax rate increase."
Mostly True
By W. Gardner Selby • October 12, 2017
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