Latest Fact-Checks In Education

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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
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
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
Greg Abbott
Greg Abbott
stated on February 5, 2019 a speech
Says he met a teacher in Dallas "who was only in his third year of teaching and already making more than $90,000 a year in salary."
Mostly False
By Allie Morris • May 10, 2019
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