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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

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
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
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
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

By Tom Kertscher • June 1, 2016

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
stated on May 16, 2016 an interview:

"The University of Wisconsin System budget is the biggest it has ever been."

Mostly True

By Tom Kertscher • May 25, 2016

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
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
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
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!

By Tom Kertscher • May 13, 2016

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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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

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