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Katie McGinty
Katie McGinty
stated on June 3, 2016 On the 'About' page of McGinty's campaign website
Says she was the first in her family to go to a four-year college.
Pants on Fire!
By Mark Dent • June 3, 2016
Robin Vos
Robin Vos
stated on May 26, 2016 a an online opinion-piece
"The Chicago Bears have had more starting quarterbacks in the last 10 years than the total number of tenured (UW) faculty fired during the last two decades."
True
By Cara Lombardo • June 3, 2016
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on May 16, 2016 a radio interview
The University of Wisconsin System had a "jobs-for-life tenure program" for professors.
Half-True
By Cara Lombardo • June 3, 2016
Dale Kooyenga
Dale Kooyenga
stated on April 1, 2016 a constituent newsletter
"Today, it is more difficult to enlist in the U.S. military than it is to enroll in college."  
Half-True
June 1, 2016
Vicki Martin
Vicki Martin
stated on May 12, 2016 a presentation at a panel discussion
Only 50 percent of students from Milwaukee public high schools "go on to a two-or four-year college."
Mostly True
By Sarah Hauer • May 27, 2016
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on May 16, 2016 an interview
"The University of Wisconsin System budget is the biggest it has ever been."  
Mostly True
May 25, 2016
Celia Israel
Celia Israel
stated on May 13, 2016 a press release
"When adjusted for inflation, (Texas) per-student spending has remained relatively flat over the past 16 years. Despite that trend, Texas schools in 2017 will receive $381 less per student than they did in 2003."
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • May 23, 2016
Don Willett
Don Willett
stated on May 13, 2016 the majority Texas Supreme Court opinion in Texas school finance case
Before 2005, "the percentage of" Texas high school "students meeting the college readiness standards of the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board stood at 28% in English and 42% in math. Those figures stood at 65% and 66% in 2013."
True
By W. Gardner Selby • May 20, 2016
Wisconsin Jobs Now
Wisconsin Jobs Now
stated on April 28, 2016 a Facebook posting.
Says Demond Means, "turnaround district" superintendent for Milwaukee Public Schools, said the district "needs to be gutted."
Pants on Fire!
By James B. Nelson • May 18, 2016
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on May 10, 2016 a news release
The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee has "2.8 students per faculty" member, "tied for second-lowest in its history since 1994."
Pants on Fire!
May 13, 2016
Bill McRaven
Bill McRaven
stated on January 21, 2016 addressing the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board
University of Texas undergraduate student debt "is less than $21,000… probably one of the lowest debts across the nation."
Mostly True
By W. Gardner Selby • May 12, 2016
Michelle Obama
Michelle Obama
stated on March 21, 2016 an interview posted on Medium
"Research even shows that sending more girls to school can boost an entire country’s GDP."  
Mostly True
By Jon Greenberg • April 29, 2016
Danny Tarkanian
Danny Tarkanian
stated on April 18, 2016 a television ad
Says Nevada state Sen. Michael Roberson "forced Common Core for Nevada schools."
Half-True
By Riley Snyder • April 22, 2016
Jack Berry
Jack Berry
stated on April 6, 2016 a candidates forum
Richmond teachers have not gotten a raise "for almost 10 years."
Mostly False
By Sean Gorman • April 18, 2016
David Jolly
David Jolly
stated on April 4, 2016 a statement on his campaign website
Race to the Top grants "require participating states to adopt the Common Core standards as a condition for receiving federal funding."
Mostly False
By Joshua Gillin • April 8, 2016
Bill Clinton
Bill Clinton
stated on April 3, 2016 a campaign speech
"A college loan is the only loan in the United States that you cannot refinance when interest rates go down."
Mostly True
By Chris Nichols • April 6, 2016
Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on March 30, 2016 a CNN interview
Says his free public university tuition program "is paid for … by a tax on Wall Street's speculation."
Mostly False
By Lauren Carroll • April 4, 2016
Viral media reports
Viral media reports
stated on March 22, 2016 Newspaper, television and social media
Emory University students were provided counseling after someone wrote "Trump 2016" in chalk on campus.
Mostly False
By Jim Tharpe • March 31, 2016
Pat McCrory
Pat McCrory
stated on March 26, 2016 a list of rebuttals to criticism over the law
"Will (HB2) threaten federal funding for public schools under Title IX? No, according to a federal court which has looked at a similar issue."
Half-True
By Will Doran • March 29, 2016
Roy Cooper
Roy Cooper
stated on March 8, 2016 his education plan
"North Carolina spends $855 less per student than it did before the Great Recession, and we have one of the lowest per pupil spending levels in the nation."
Mostly True
By Will Doran • March 21, 2016
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