Latest Fact-Checks In Education

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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
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
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
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
August 7, 2023
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on July 19, 2023 a video shared on Facebook.
Video shows a van “‘Queer testing’ kids without parental approval … (that) involves clothing removal.”
Pants on Fire!
By Madison Czopek • July 27, 2023
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