Latest Fact-Checks In Education

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Roy Cooper
Roy Cooper
stated on February 25, 2019 his State of the State address
"Right now, four in 10 public schools in our state are at least 50 years old."
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By Bill McCarthy • March 5, 2019
Michael Bloomberg
Michael Bloomberg
stated on January 21, 2019 a speech
"All of this work helped us increase graduation rates by 42 percent and substantially reduce the racial achievement gap."
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By Jill Terreri Ramos • February 7, 2019
Civitas Institute
Civitas Institute
stated on January 28, 2019 a tweet
"There are almost 60,000 North Carolina children on waiting lists to access a school that works best for them."
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By Bill McCarthy • February 5, 2019
Paul Vallas
Paul Vallas
stated on December 31, 2018 a radio interview
"I took over the school district when it had a $1 billion structural deficit and left them with $1 billion in cash and 70,000 more students than they have today."
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By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller • January 6, 2019
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on December 9, 2018 a headline
"Principal bans candy canes."
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By Amy Sherman • December 11, 2018
Roman Prezioso
Roman Prezioso
stated on November 29, 2018 a panel discussion at West Virginia University
"Fifty percent of our (West Virginia) budget was for lower education."
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By Lizzie Perry, Shannon MacNeil • December 6, 2018
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on October 23, 2018 a campaign ad
Says Tony Evers wants to give in-state tuition and drivers licenses to "illegal aliens."
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By Eric Litke • November 2, 2018
Ron DeSantis
Ron DeSantis
stated on October 24, 2018 a debate at Broward College
Says Andrew Gillum was "singing a different tune" about charter schools at the Florida debate.
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By Amy Sherman • October 29, 2018
E. Gordon Gee
E. Gordon Gee
stated on February 12, 2018 a letter to the university community
West Virginia University’s incoming freshman class has the "highest-ever GPA"
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By Davis Versprille, Zack Schwehm • September 28, 2018
Tony Evers
Tony Evers
stated on August 16, 2018 a public forum
"Special education categorical aid" from the state "hasn’t been raised in over a decade."
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By D.L. Davis • September 20, 2018
Republican Governors Association
Republican Governors Association
stated on September 12, 2018 an ad
Says Andrew Gillum "wants to increase Florida taxes by a billion dollars."
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By Amy Sherman • September 14, 2018
Michael Lee
Michael Lee
stated on August 28, 2018 Tweet
Teacher pay has increased under Republican leadership every year for the past 5 years.  In fact, even according to the national teacher's unions own rankings, NC ranked number 2 in the U.S. for fastest rising teacher pay 2016-2017.
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By Rashaan Ayesh • September 7, 2018
Donna Howard
Donna Howard
stated on July 18, 2018 a tweet
Says Texas charter schools "get 100% state $/pupil funding while district schools (95% students) get about 1/3 funding from state w/ rest coming from local prop taxes (which is why those taxes are so high). Districts getting less b/c scarce $ going to charters."    
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By W. Gardner Selby • August 15, 2018
Jeff Greene
Jeff Greene
stated on July 29, 2018 a TV interview
"There is a big correlation between third grade reading level and whether you go to college or whether you go to prison. And in Florida right now only 56 percent of kids are coming out of third grade at third grade reading level."
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By Lucia Geng, Katie Akin • August 7, 2018
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on April 17, 2018 an online ad
"Property and income taxes will be lower in 2018 than they were in 2010."
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May 30, 2018
Cynthia Nixon
Cynthia Nixon
stated on March 26, 2018 a press conference
Four years after Gov. Andrew Cuomo promised universal pre-K, "79 percent of 4-year olds outside New York City lack full-day pre-K."
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By Dan Clark • March 30, 2018
Good Jobs First
Good Jobs First
stated on March 6, 2018 a tweet
Oklahoma teachers "are the poorest paid teachers in the US, in a state that gives nearly $500 million in tax handouts to energy companies."
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By Jon Greenberg • March 7, 2018
Andrew White
Andrew White
stated on December 7, 2017 his campaign kickoff speech in Houston
Says Texas schools are ranked "43rd in the nation."
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By W. Gardner Selby • January 25, 2018
Delaine Eastin
Delaine Eastin
stated on January 13, 2018 a town hall
California is 41st in the nation in per pupil K-12 spending, but "No. 1 in per prisoner" spending.
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By Chris Nichols • January 17, 2018
Kelda Helen Roys
Kelda Helen Roys
stated on December 11, 2017 a candidates forum
In 2011 under Scott Walker, Wisconsin for the first time spent "more on our prison system than we did" on the University of Wisconsin System.  
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January 12, 2018
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