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Latest Fact-Checks In Education

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Karen Lewis
Karen Lewis
stated on September 4, 2017 a blog post
The new Illinois school funding formula "created a tax shelter for the wealthy and a voucher program…"
Half-True
By Matt Dietrich • September 12, 2017
Glenna Hodge
Glenna Hodge
stated on July 20, 2017 testimony before a Texas Senate committee
"Schools in Austin Independent School District are teaching children as young as 4 years old that their gender is fluid – that they’re not a boy or a girl and they can choose whichever gender they want."
Mostly False
By W. Gardner Selby • September 8, 2017
Republican Party of Wisconsin
Republican Party of Wisconsin
stated on August 21, 2017 a digital ad
Says Tony Evers "allowed a middle-school teacher found guilty of spreading pornographic material at school to keep teaching students."  
Mostly False
September 8, 2017
Adam Putnam
Adam Putnam
stated on August 12, 2017 a Republican party meeting in Orlando
"We're still doing dumb things like telling the parent of an 11-year-old that it's against the law for them to tell their parents what they were tested on ... That will end when I'm governor."
Mostly False
By Allison Graves • September 7, 2017
Scott Wagner
Scott Wagner
stated on August 2, 2017 a campaign video.
Eighty percent of the school tax bills in the state of Pennsylvania went up over last year.
Half-True
By Anna Orso • August 9, 2017
Bruce Rauner
Bruce Rauner
stated on July 22, 2017 a press release
As written, the (Illinois school funding) bill includes a bailout of Chicago’s broken teacher pension system.
False
By Matt Dietrich • August 1, 2017
Dan Patrick
Dan Patrick
stated on July 13, 2017 a press conference
"Of all the money we spend on education, less than 32 percent goes to teachers."
Mostly True
By W. Gardner Selby • July 27, 2017
Rick Baker
Rick Baker
stated on July 13, 2017 an interview with the "Tampa Bay Times" editorial board
"We went from zero A elementary schools when I took office to 16 when I left, and our total A and B schools went up by 260 percent."
Mostly True
By Allison Graves • July 21, 2017
Joe Straus
Joe Straus
stated on July 16, 2017 an email blast
"One" Texas school "district alone -- Austin ISD -- is expected to lose more than $530 million in local property taxes to Robin Hood this year."
True
By W. Gardner Selby • July 19, 2017
Evan Smith
Evan Smith
stated on July 10, 2017 as quoted in a story in The New Yorker
"The last majority-Anglo high school class in Texas graduated in 2014."
False
By W. Gardner Selby • July 19, 2017
Dan Patrick
Dan Patrick
stated on June 8, 2017 an oped commentary in newspapers including the San Antonio Express-News
"When colleges and universities are added, education spending is the biggest item in the state budget — about 52 percent of all state dollars."
Mostly True
By W. Gardner Selby • June 23, 2017
Jesse Kremer
Jesse Kremer
stated on May 11, 2017 a legislative hearing
"The Earth is 6,000 years old, that’s a fact."  
False
June 8, 2017
David Lewis
David Lewis
stated on June 1, 2017 a tweet
"The waiting list for Pre-K is over in the House budget."
True
By Will Doran • June 6, 2017
Mark Pocan
Mark Pocan
stated on May 24, 2017 a hearing
In Wisconsin’s school voucher program, "two-thirds of the money" in the "tax vouchers" went to people "making more than $100,000."    
False
May 31, 2017
Richard Corcoran
Richard Corcoran
stated on May 12, 2017 a tweet
It is a myth that Florida's education legislation was "negotiated in secret."
False
By Amy Sherman, Kristen M. Clark • May 17, 2017
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on February 8, 2017 his budget speech
"We are investing more money into education than ever before in the history of Wisconsin."
Mostly False
By Alison Dirr • May 17, 2017
Richard Corcoran
Richard Corcoran
stated on May 6, 2017 a tweet
Says the Florida House of Representatives allocated $24 billion, "the greatest investment in education in Florida history!"
Half-True
By Joshua Gillin • May 15, 2017
Nate Walker
Nate Walker
stated on March 20, 2017 on MissouriNet.com
"(Charter schools in Missouri) are actually failing in a greater capacity than the public school systems."
Mostly False
By Jen Para • May 13, 2017
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on May 2, 2017 a web post on ihavethetruth.com
A University of Texas "student pulled out a concealed handgun" on a knife-wielding suspect "and made him back down."
Pants on Fire!
By W. Gardner Selby • May 10, 2017
Don Huffines
Don Huffines
stated on February 27, 2017 responding to a question about private school vouchers
"Sixty-two percent of all (Texas) property taxes are paid by businesses."    
Half-True
May 5, 2017
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