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Latest Fact-Checks In Education

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Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on November 18, 2020 a virtual roundtable:
“666,000 teachers have been laid off already since March."
Mostly False
By Bill McCarthy • November 20, 2020
Cheri Toalson Reisch
Cheri Toalson Reisch
stated on October 6, 2020 a Facebook post:
“The Columbia school buildings in my district have the lowest test scores in all of Boone County.”
Mostly False
By Veronica Mohesky • October 29, 2020
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on October 22, 2020 the final 2020 presidential debate:
“President Obama would never give them long-term funding, and I did … I saved historically Black colleges and universities.”
Mostly False
By Bill McCarthy • October 27, 2020
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on September 29, 2020 Debate:
“I brought back Big Ten football.”
Mostly False
By Madeline Heim • October 6, 2020
Congressional Leadership Fund
Congressional Leadership Fund
stated on September 9, 2020 an ad:
"When California faced a budget crisis," Christy Smith "voted to lay off teachers and then voted to increase her pay."
Mostly False
By Tom Kertscher • September 24, 2020
Senate Majority PAC
Senate Majority PAC
stated on September 4, 2020 a Facebook ad:
Says “John James supported Betsy DeVos’ agenda to cut public school funding and put it into wealthy private schools instead.”
Mostly False
By Clara Hendrickson • September 24, 2020
Robert Ortt
Robert Ortt
stated on July 20, 2020 a news release:
Says Gov. Andrew Cuomo and Democratic lawmakers are “granting free tuition to illegal immigrants while closing Excelsior Scholarship applications to citizen students.”
Mostly False
By John Pullano • August 20, 2020
Linda Sánchez
Linda Sánchez
stated on July 29, 2020 a press conference:
“The average cost of child care in this country is more than what it costs to send a child to college for one year.”
Mostly False
By Sophie Austin • August 6, 2020
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on July 14, 2020 a press conference in the Rose Garden:
“Joe Biden wants to end school choice.”
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg • July 17, 2020
Donald Trump Jr.
Donald Trump Jr.
stated on July 8, 2020 a tweet:
"Marquette University threatened to rescind student’s admission over pro-Trump TikTok video."
Mostly False
By Eric Litke • July 16, 2020
Tucker Carlson
Tucker Carlson
stated on July 7, 2020 a TV segment:
“To children and the vast majority of young and middle-aged adults and the vast majority of teachers, (the coronavirus) poses virtually zero threat."
Mostly False
By Bill McCarthy • July 13, 2020
Josh Hawley
Josh Hawley
stated on January 15, 2020 a tweet:
“As the State Department warned Mizzou in July 2019, and as I have repeatedly stated, (the Confucius Institute) presented security risks for students & university as a whole.”
Mostly False
By Tyler Messner • February 28, 2020
Jill Karofsky
Jill Karofsky
stated on November 19, 2019 a public forum:
"The Department of Corrections budget in Wisconsin is more than the Department of Education budget."
Mostly False
By Haley BeMiller • January 24, 2020
Elizabeth Warren
Elizabeth Warren
stated on November 20, 2019 a debate:
"Today in America — a new study came out — 20 years out, whites who borrowed money, 94% of them have paid off their student loan debt; 5% of African Americans have paid it off."
Mostly False
By Tom Kertscher • November 21, 2019
Todd Starnes
Todd Starnes
stated on October 29, 2019 a blog post:
The Austin Independent School District board voted to mandate "a pornographic sex education policy that includes instruction on anal sex and how to place a condom on an erect penis."
Mostly False
By Madlin Mekelburg • November 19, 2019
Kirk Cox
Kirk Cox
stated on October 13, 2019 a TV ad.:
"Sheila Bynum-Coleman said, ‘We need to get the police out of the schools.’"  
Mostly False
By Warren Fiske • October 22, 2019
Lori Lightfoot
Lori Lightfoot
stated on September 25, 2019 remarks at a town hall:
"Teachers in Chicago Public Schools are paid some of the highest compensation of any school system in the country."
Mostly False
By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller • October 11, 2019
Rebecca Holcombe
Rebecca Holcombe
stated on July 15, 2019 statement announcing candidacy for governor.:
"Gov. Scott is pushing for a statewide voucher program that would take millions from our public schools and funnel it to private schools that mostly serve privileged families."
Mostly False
By Colin Meyn • July 25, 2019
Chris Taylor
Chris Taylor
stated on May 30, 2019 a statement to the Joint Committee on Finance:
Voucher schools have increased property taxes by $1 billion since 2011
Mostly False
By Eric Litke • July 1, 2019
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on June 27, 2019 a democratic debate in Miami:
"I did not oppose busing in America. What I opposed is busing ordered by the Department of Education."
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • June 28, 2019
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