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Hillary Clinton
stated on March 15, 2016 a political advertisement that aired in Arizona.

"Arizona schools rank 45th in the nation, dead last in funding per student."

Mostly True

By Anthony Cave • March 17, 2016

Gayle Smith
stated on March 9, 2016 a speech on Capitol Hill

As a sign of "extraordinary progress," "there are half as many (primary-age) children out of school today as there were 15 years ago."

Half-True

By Jon Greenberg • March 17, 2016

Pat McCrory
stated on March 9, 2016 a post on his Facebook page

"Roy Cooper won't say how he will pay for ‘free’ college tuition."

Half-True

By Will Doran • March 14, 2016

Donald Trump
stated on March 10, 2016 a GOP debate in Miami

Common Core is "education through Washington D.C."

False

By Joshua Gillin • March 11, 2016

Jim Kenney
stated on February 17, 2016 a speech before the Greater Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce

"An economic impact study found that for every $1 invested in pre-K in Pennsylvania, a total of $1.79 is generated in total spending within the state."

Half-True

By Mark Dent • March 3, 2016

John McCain
stated on January 4, 2016 a newspaper interview

The Every Student Succeeds Act "did away basically with Common Core."

Mostly False

By Anthony Cave • February 29, 2016

Donald Trump
stated on February 28, 2016 comments on "Meet the Press"

"We (Trump University) have an ‘A’ from the Better Business Bureau."

False

By Jon Greenberg • February 28, 2016

Janet Adkins
stated on February 9, 2016 a House Appropriations Committee meeting

"There is great disparity, tremendous disparity, in the (capital) funding on a per-student basis between our traditional public schools and our charter public schools."

Mostly True

By Joshua Gillin • February 22, 2016

Diane Douglas
stated on February 4, 2016 remarks made during a state Senate Education Committee meeting.

The Arizona State Board of Education’s "failure to report teachers whose certifications have been revoked or suspended ... resulted in the death of a student."

Mostly True

By Anthony Cave • February 19, 2016

Marco Rubio
stated on January 26, 2016 a column posted on Medium.com

"Two-thirds of our kids can’t read at grade level."

Half-True

By Louis Jacobson • February 18, 2016

Donald Trump
stated on January 26, 2016 comments at the University of Iowa

"We’re spending tremendous amounts of money to educate our kids. In the world, we're No. 1 per pupil by a factor of four."

Mostly False

By Daniel Lathrop • February 9, 2016

Bernie Sanders
stated on February 4, 2016 a Democratic debate in New Hampshire

"Making public colleges and universities tuition-free, that exists in countries all over the world, used to exist in the United States."

Mostly True

By Amy Sherman • February 9, 2016

Michael M. Crow
stated on January 26, 2016 front of the state Senate Appropriations Committee

Arizona is spending "less on a per-capita basis than every single state in this country in higher education."

Mostly True

By Anthony Cave • February 5, 2016

Paul Saldaña
stated on January 13, 2016 a civic summit hosted by Austin's KLRU-TV

A Texas law requires every high school to have a voter registrar "and part of their responsibility is to make sure that when children become 18 and become eligible to vote, that they vote."

Half-True

By W. Gardner Selby • January 29, 2016

Dale Kooyenga
stated on January 20, 2016 a radio interview

"A lot of student loans are already refinanced by the federal government."

False

January 27, 2016

Martin O'Malley
stated on January 14, 2016 a column posted on Medium.com

"Fifty years ago, the average GM employee could pay for a year of a son or daughter’s college tuition on just two weeks wages."

Mostly True

By Louis Jacobson • January 25, 2016

Scott Walker
stated on January 19, 2016 a speech

"According to the most recent report, Wisconsin’s high school graduation rates are also up again -- to third best in the country."

Mostly True

January 22, 2016

Occupy Democrats
stated on January 12, 2016 a blog post.

Says Virginia Del. Mark Cole "wants schools to check children’s genitals before using bathroom."

False

By Sean Gorman • January 18, 2016

Democratic Party of Wisconsin
stated on January 14, 2016 a news release

Wisconsin dropped "from second in the country to 41st" among states where more than half the students took the ACT exam.

Pants on Fire!

January 15, 2016

Barack Obama
stated on January 12, 2016 a State of the Union speech

We've "lifted high school graduation rates to new highs."

Half-True

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • January 13, 2016

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