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Latest Fact-Checks In Education

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Terry McAuliffe
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
October 1, 2015
Caleb Rowden
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
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
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
Richard Woods
Richard Woods
stated on September 2, 2015 press release
Georgia’s CRCT "set some of the lowest expectations for student proficiency in the nation."
True
By Nancy Badertscher • September 15, 2015
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