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Latest Fact-Checks In Education

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Ruben Hinojosa
Ruben Hinojosa
stated on July 16, 2016 a tweet
"50% of Hispanic students count on Pell Grants to pay for college."
True
By Rye Druzin • August 15, 2016
Tim Kaine
Tim Kaine
stated on August 4, 2016 a speech
Says his father-in-law, former Gov. Linwood Holton, "integrated Virginia public schools."
Half-True
By Warren Fiske • August 15, 2016
Dave Brat
Dave Brat
stated on June 29, 2016 a podcast.
"A few weeks ago, (the) education committee in Congress is deciding what’s going to be in your local salad bar."
False
By Warren Fiske • August 2, 2016
Tina Rosenberg
Tina Rosenberg
stated on June 14, 2016 an article
In Liberia, "a girl is more likely to be married by 18 than to know how to read."
Mostly False
By Kate Wilkinson • August 1, 2016
UN's UNICEF
UN's UNICEF
stated on July 6, 2016 an article on Medium
In South Sudan, "more teenage girls die in childbirth than finish high school."
Mostly True
By Jon Greenberg • July 25, 2016
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on July 23, 2016 a campaign rally in Miami, Fla.
Says unlike Tim Kaine, who "invested" in education, Indiana Gov. Mike Pence "slashed education funding."
False
By Lauren Carroll • July 24, 2016
Mike Pence
Mike Pence
stated on July 20, 2016 a speech at the Republican National Convention
Says as Indiana governor, he has made "record investments in education."
Half-True
By Lauren Carroll • July 21, 2016
Snapchat
Snapchat
stated on June 30, 2016 a snapchat
"90% of rural women and 55% of all women are illiterate" in Morocco.  
False
By Joseph Cariz • July 14, 2016
Ritch Workman
Ritch Workman
stated on June 20, 2016 an online ad
Says he "voted to remove Common Core from our schools."
Mostly False
By Joshua Gillin • July 11, 2016
Pat Robertson
Pat Robertson
stated on June 27, 2016 a TV broadcast
President Barack Obama attended  "an Islamic madrassa."
Mostly False
By Sean Gorman • July 5, 2016
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on June 22, 2016 a speech in Raleigh, NC
"Thanks to (North Carolina’s) governor and the legislature, the average teacher salary can barely support a family."
Mostly False
By Will Doran • June 28, 2016
Roberta Lange
Roberta Lange
stated on June 22, 2016 a press release
Says Donald Trump "literally has no plans to make higher education more affordable."
Mostly True
By Riley Snyder • June 28, 2016
Ted Cruz
Ted Cruz
stated on May 14, 2016 his speech at the Republican Party of Texas convention
Barack Obama issued a decree "demanding that every public school now allow grown men and boys into the little girls’ bathroom."  
Mostly False
By Eleanor Dearman • June 26, 2016
Tim Kaine
Tim Kaine
stated on June 15, 2016 a senate hearing
"For every extra year that a girl stays in secondary school, her chance of getting infected with HIV/AIDS decreases by half."  
Mostly True
By Jon Greenberg • June 24, 2016
Russ Feingold
Russ Feingold
stated on June 3, 2016 a speech
The average student debt "coming out of the University of Wisconsin-Madison is something like 28,000 dollars."
Mostly True
By Sarah Hauer • June 17, 2016
Americans For Prosperity, North Carolina chapter
Americans For Prosperity, North Carolina chapter
stated on June 1, 2016 an official statement
There are "500 failing schools in North Carolina"
Half-True
By Will Doran • June 16, 2016
Paul Ryan
Paul Ryan
stated on May 14, 2016 a tweet
American colleges amount to a "cartel."  
Mostly False
By Cara Lombardo • June 16, 2016
Viral image
Viral image
stated on June 1, 2016 Facebook post by Liberals are Cool
"Tuition-free public universities and colleges are just a pipe dream. False. They were both free up until the Vietnam War."  
Mostly False
By Allison Graves • June 10, 2016
Austin Independent School District
Austin Independent School District
stated on June 2, 2016 an advertisement spotted at the site of high school graduation ceremonies
"Austin ISD has the highest graduation rate of every major city in Texas."
Mostly False
By W. Gardner Selby • June 10, 2016
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on May 16, 2016 a radio interview
Since 1978, college "tuition nationwide has gone up something like four times the rate of inflation."
True
By Sarah Hauer • June 9, 2016
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