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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

Terry McAuliffe
stated on December 17, 2015 a speech.:

"We are taking Virginia’s investment in public education to the highest level in the commonwealth’s history."

Mostly False

By Warren Fiske • January 11, 2016

Scot Ross
stated on December 13, 2015 a television interview:

Under Scott Walker, Wisconsin "moved from 16th to third in percentage of people with student loan debt."

Mostly False

By James B. Nelson • January 8, 2016

Antonin Scalia
stated on December 9, 2015 a Supreme Court hearing:

"Most of the black scientists in this country don't come from schools like the University of Texas. They come from lesser schools."

Half-True

By Joshua Gillin, Lauren Carroll • December 11, 2015

Terry McAuliffe
stated on December 3, 2015 a news conference.:

"Since 2008, we have cut 5,000 positions" from Virginia public schools.

True

By Warren Fiske • December 8, 2015

Ted Cruz
stated on November 19, 2015 an interview with Steven Crowder:

The "federal government is going after school districts, trying to force them to let boys shower with little girls."

False

By W. Gardner Selby • December 4, 2015

Bernie Sanders
stated on October 28, 2015 a speech.:

"It costs a hell of a lot more money to put somebody in jail than send them to the University of Virginia."

Half-True

By Sean Gorman • November 23, 2015

Peter Kinder
stated on November 12, 2015 in comments on Breitbart:

"This incident of supposed feces depicting a swastika on the wall of a bathrooms in one of the halls ... has been supported by zero fact."

Pants on Fire!

By Allison Graves, Katherine Knott • November 22, 2015

Neil Cavuto
stated on November 12, 2015 a broadcast of "Cavuto Coast to Coast" on Fox Business Network:

Taking all the money of the top 1 percent wouldn’t keep Medicare going for three years.

Mostly False

By Jon Greenberg • November 19, 2015

Megyn Kelly
stated on November 11, 2015 a broadcast of "The Kelly File" on Fox News:

"In a period of roughly 72 hours, a small group of angry black students managed to force the resignation of the two highest ranking officials at that school."

Half-True

By Jon Greenberg • November 13, 2015

Marco Rubio
stated on November 10, 2015 the fourth GOP primary debate.:

"Welders make more money than philosophers."

False

By Clayton Youngman • November 11, 2015

Greenville Gazette
stated on February 1, 2015 an article:

Texas legislation "would allow… teachers to kill their students if they felt it was needed."

Half-True

By Andy East • November 6, 2015

Jeb Bush
stated on October 28, 2015 the CNBC GOP presidential debate:

"In Florida, we have the lowest in-state tuition of any state."

Mostly False

By Amy Sherman • October 30, 2015

Chris Koster
stated on August 20, 2015 comments at the Missouri State Fair as quoted by the Columbia Daily Tribune:

"Since 2001, higher education in the state has been cut or allowed to erode ... by 35 or 40 percent."

Mostly True

By Adam Aton • October 23, 2015

Rick Scott
stated on October 14, 2015 a press conference:

"We have the highest funding in (the) K-12 system in the history of the state."

Mostly False

By Joshua Gillin • October 15, 2015

Dan Gecker
stated on September 25, 2015 a campaign flier.:

Glen Sturtevant is "against smaller class sizes."

False

By Warren Fiske • October 5, 2015

Elizabeth Warren
stated on September 26, 2015 a speech:

Student loans from the federal government issued between 2007 and 2012 are on target "to produce $66 billion in profits for the United States government."

Half-True

By Tom Kertscher • October 1, 2015

Caleb Rowden
stated on August 21, 2015 a tweet:

"#GradInsurance debacle is a DIRECT result of #ObamaCare. #MIZZOU has to break the law to do the right thing."

Half-True

By Daniela Sirtori-Cortina • September 25, 2015

Viral image
stated on September 8, 2015 a shareable graphic on the Web:

Says Bernie Sanders opposes "requiring all children to have a K-12 education."

False

By Louis Jacobson • September 21, 2015

Internet commenters
stated on September 10, 2015 comments on various local blogs:

Annexation would lead to overcrowding at Decatur’s city schools.

False

By April Hunt • September 16, 2015

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