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Rick Santorum
stated on April 5, 2015 an interview on "Face the Nation."

Seventy percent of Americans "don't have a college degree."

True

By Katharina Fiedler • April 8, 2015

Greg Steube
stated on April 2, 2015 a Florida House judiciary committee hearing

"You know how many children in the history of the United States have died in a fire (at school)? Zero."

False

By Amy Sherman, Joshua Gillin • April 6, 2015

Susan Stimpson
stated on March 28, 2015 a Facebook post.

Virginia House Speaker Bill Howell is "allied to group pushing MIXED SEX BATHROOMS in Stafford Schools."

False

By Sean Gorman • April 6, 2015

Janet Adkins
stated on March 26, 2015 a discussion about school uniforms

A school uniform policy helps with "school safety, helps with truancy."

Half-True

By Joshua Gillin • April 2, 2015

Jeb Bush
stated on March 13, 2015 a business roundtable in New Hampshire

Florida is "one of the few states that has actually had a narrowing of the achievement gap based on income, or based on race or ethnicity."

Mostly True

By Amy Sherman • March 27, 2015

Greg Abbott
stated on February 17, 2015 his State of the State address

Dallas "African-American and Hispanic students pass AP exams at a higher rate than any other place in America."

Half-True

By W. Gardner Selby • March 26, 2015

Robin Vos
stated on March 12, 2015 an interview

Says Gov. Scott Walker’s proposed reduction in university spending is "about the size of the one" under Democratic Gov. Jim Doyle, but Democrats didn’t treat Doyle’s cut as so dire.

Mostly True

By Dave Umhoefer • March 25, 2015

Ken Plum
stated on March 12, 2015

"We've got 40 years of study now that show that, with a good preschool start, you're less likely to be on public dole, you're less likely to be in prison."

Mostly True

By Sean Gorman • March 23, 2015

Peter Barca
stated on March 12, 2015 a televised interview

"The average faculty member at UW-Madison brings in close to a quarter million dollars a year" in grant money.

Mostly True

By Dave Umhoefer • March 23, 2015

H. Marlene O'Toole
stated on March 12, 2015 House Education Appropriations Committee Hearing

The delay in school testing "was not that of a vendor, the problem was not that of the test materials itself, it was the product of a cyber attack."

Mostly False

By Amy Sherman • March 16, 2015

Erika Sanzi
stated on March 5, 2015 a newspaper commentary

"Of the 10,000 Rhode Island children in charter school lotteries for the fall, more than 70 percent are poor .... In addition, a majority of them are students of color."

Mostly True

By Katie Mulvaney • March 15, 2015

The Associated Press
stated on March 9, 2015 article

Under legislation that has cleared the Georgia House, some children who are "legal refugees" could obtain state scholarships to attend private schools.

True

By Nancy Badertscher • March 13, 2015

George P. Bush
stated on January 30, 2015 remarks at a "school choice" rally outside the Texas Capitol

A "majority of our students are trapped in" underperforming schools.

False

By W. Gardner Selby • March 12, 2015

Scott Walker
stated on February 27, 2015 an interview

"I unsealed my records" at Marquette University.

False

March 12, 2015

Jeb Bush
stated on February 27, 2015 a CPAC appearance

Eliminating affirmative action in admissions in Florida led to "more African American and Hispanic kids attending our university system" than before.

Mostly False

By Joshua Gillin • March 11, 2015

Scott Walker
stated on March 1, 2015 an interview

The University of Wisconsin System "will be much more affordable than just about any other campus in America" because "going forward we have a cap on it tied to inflation."

False

By Dave Umhoefer • March 9, 2015

Rick Scott
stated on March 3, 2015 the State of the State address

Education funding of $7,176 per student is a "historic level."

Half-True

By Joshua Gillin • March 3, 2015

Hillary Clinton
stated on February 24, 2015 a conference in Silicon Valley

"You had more women getting computer sciences degrees in the '80s by a factor of 2-plus than you do now."

Mostly True

By Louis Jacobson • March 3, 2015

Dave Brat
stated on February 16, 2015 a Facebook post.

"...Over 30 years, federal spending on education has grown by 375 percent, but test scores remain flat."

Mostly True

By Warren Fiske • March 2, 2015

Bloggers
stated on February 12, 2015 a headline on DownTrend.com

"Students In Fla. High School Forced To Recite Islamic Prayer, Make Prayer Rugs."

Mostly False

By Joshua Gillin • February 24, 2015

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