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Roy Cooper
stated on March 8, 2016 in 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

Hillary Clinton
stated on March 15, 2016 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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The Arizona State Board of Education’s "failure to report teachers whose certifications have been revoked or suspended ...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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in a radio interview:

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

False

By Tom Kertscher • January 27, 2016

Martin O'Malley
stated on January 14, 2016 in 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 in 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

By Tom Kertscher • January 22, 2016

Occupy Democrats
stated on January 12, 2016 in 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 in 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!

By Tom Kertscher • January 15, 2016

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