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Greta Neubauer
Greta Neubauer
stated on April 11, 2024 X, formerly Twitter:
“The GOP has failed to invest in our campuses, making WI fall to 42nd in the nation in state support.”
Mostly True
By Hope Karnopp • April 24, 2024
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on April 8, 2024 a speech:
Speaking of semiconductor industry jobs, "Know what the average salary is? $110,000. You don't need a college degree."
Mostly False
By Marta Campabadal Graus • April 15, 2024
Chris Larson
Chris Larson
stated on November 9, 2023 X, formerly Twitter:
Says expanding Medicaid in Wisconsin would save the state $530 million, which could pay for 3,287 K-12 teachers, or 7.8 educators per district.
True
By Ricardo Torres • February 16, 2024
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on January 21, 2024 TV interview:
"(The) top issue for college students is the economy."
True
By Hope Karnopp • February 2, 2024
Jodi Emerson
Jodi Emerson
stated on November 7, 2023 Wisconsin Assembly:
"On most campuses, you cannot destroy a chalked message unless you were the one that wrote it. You can't dump water on it, you can't even walk over it."
Mostly True
By Hope Karnopp • December 5, 2023
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on November 20, 2023 a video:
Video shows teacher teaching gender pronouns and being confronted by students
False
By Grace Abels • November 27, 2023
Pink
Pink
stated on November 13, 2023 an X post:
These 13 books “have been banned from schools in Florida.”
Mostly False
By Jeff Cercone • November 20, 2023
Dean Phillips
Dean Phillips
stated on November 13, 2023 a speech at Dartmouth College:
"Half of American high school students are not familiar with the Holocaust."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • November 20, 2023
Paula Congelio
Paula Congelio
stated on June 23, 2023 a news release:
West Virginia University has “increased the amount of unfunded institutional aid provided to students and expects this amount to exceed $134 million in 2024.”
Half-True
By Tayler Pillo • October 10, 2023
West Virginia University Faculty Senate
West Virginia University Faculty Senate
stated on September 6, 2023 a no-confidence resolution:
E. Gordon Gee’s university projects have increased “WVU’s debt load by 55%.”
Mostly False
By Cody Matorin • October 10, 2023
E. Gordon Gee
E. Gordon Gee
stated on August 25, 2023 an interview with The Daily Athenaeum:
“Fewer than 2% of students are impacted whatsoever by the decisions we're making” to cut the budget.
Mostly False
By Griff Bihun • October 10, 2023
George Zimmerman
George Zimmerman
stated on July 11, 2023 an interview with the Daily Athenaeum:
“The percentage of students that are going to college (in West Virginia) has been declining for five years.”
Mostly True
By Aubrey Burkhardt • October 6, 2023
E. Gordon Gee
E. Gordon Gee
stated on August 18, 2023 an interview with the Daily Athenaeum:
Foreign languages are “not a high priority” nationally
Half-True
By Derek Nastasi • October 6, 2023
West Virginia University Faculty Senate
West Virginia University Faculty Senate
stated on September 9, 2023 a no-confidence resolution:
During E. Gordon Gee's presidency of West Virginia University, "student enrollments have steadily decreased."
Mostly True
By Ethan Moore • October 5, 2023
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on September 25, 2023 a video:
A video shows children disappearing from inside a school bus.
Pants on Fire!
By Grace Abels • September 29, 2023
Randi Weingarten
Randi Weingarten
stated on September 20, 2023 an X post:
"Texas teacher fired for reading Diary of Anne Frank to class.”
Half-True
By Jeff Cercone • September 22, 2023
Unleash Prosperity Now
Unleash Prosperity Now
stated on August 13, 2023 a political ad:
“Gov. Roy Cooper is blocking a pioneering school choice bill that would give thousands of low-income parents the funds to allow their kids to get a high-quality education.”
Mostly False
By Paul Specht • September 21, 2023
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on September 14, 2023 a speech:
“I taught at the University of Pennsylvania for four years.”
Half-True
By Amy Sherman, Louis Jacobson • September 19, 2023
Ron DeSantis
Ron DeSantis
stated on August 4, 2023 a town hall:
“We’ve eliminated critical race theory in our K through 12 schools.”
Mostly False
By Samantha Putterman • August 14, 2023
Kamala Harris
Kamala Harris
stated on July 21, 2023 in a speech in Jacksonville, Florida:
"Some states have “tried to ban teaching Latino and Hispanic history.”
Mostly False
By Marta Campabadal Graus • August 7, 2023
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