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Rebecca Blank
Rebecca Blank
stated on February 12, 2015 a public meeting
UW-Madison "spent down reserves" as it was told to do two years ago and, facing new state budget cuts, has "no more reserves to spend down."  
Half-True
February 20, 2015
Marjorie Sanfilippo
Marjorie Sanfilippo
stated on February 16, 2015 a Florida Senate criminal justice committee hearing
"200,000 students attempt suicide every year on college campuses."
Half-True
By Amy Sherman • February 20, 2015
Florida Badass Teachers Association
Florida Badass Teachers Association
stated on February 10, 2015 a statement to the Miami Herald
Florida students take "an array of standardized high stakes tests which eat up as much as 45 school days per year."
False
By Amy Sherman • February 18, 2015
Gail Collins
Gail Collins
stated on February 15, 2015 a column
Says award-winning Milwaukee Public Schools teacher Megan Sampson was laid off because Gov. Scott Walker cut state aid to education.
False
By James B. Nelson • February 17, 2015
Nathan Deal
Nathan Deal
stated on February 12, 2015 an interview
Ninety-six percent of failing schools are spending above $8,400, the average annual per student expenditure, and 26 percent spend considerably more than that.  
Half-True
By Nancy Badertscher • February 17, 2015
Sheila Resseger
Sheila Resseger
stated on January 10, 2015 a newspaper commentary
"By spring 2014, parents of 60,000 students in New York state had refused to let them take the Common Core Tests."       
Mostly True
By Katie Mulvaney • February 15, 2015
Jeb Bush
Jeb Bush
stated on February 4, 2015 a speech in Detroit
Hispanic students in Florida perform "the best" of any Hispanic population in the United States.
Half-True
By Amy Sherman • February 11, 2015
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on February 4, 2015 a tweet
Fundamental changes made to the language describing the Wisconsin Idea in the University of Wisconsin System's mission statement were the result of a "drafting error."
Pants on Fire!
February 6, 2015
X posts
X posts
stated on February 2, 2015 Twitter posts
"Scott Walker to cut $300 million from universities, spend $500 million on a pro basketball stadium."
Half-True
February 6, 2015
Alan Essig
Alan Essig
stated on January 22, 2015 blog post
The governor’s budget proposal reduces the state austerity cut to education to under $500 million for 2016.
True
By Nancy Badertscher • February 6, 2015
Greg Abbott
Greg Abbott
stated on February 1, 2015 interview on Fox News Sunday
Under Common Core standards, it takes "more than a minute" to teach a student "how to add nine plus six."
Half-True
By Lauren Carroll • February 3, 2015
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on January 22, 2015 an interview with YouTube celebrity Bethany Mota
"The reason we even have colleges is that at some point there were politicians who said, ‘You know what? We should start colleges.’ "
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • February 3, 2015
Democratic National Committee
Democratic National Committee
stated on January 15, 2015 an email blast
"College tuition rates in Texas jumped by 55% since 2003."
Mostly True
By W. Gardner Selby • January 28, 2015
GSU Alumni Association
GSU Alumni Association
stated on January 13, 2015 mass email
The merger of Georgia State University and Georgia Perimeter College will make GSU one of the largest universities in the nation, with more than 54,000 students.
True
By Nancy Badertscher • January 23, 2015
Claire Suggs
Claire Suggs
stated on January 9, 2015 at Media Symposium
The state covered a smaller percentage of the cost of K-12 education in 2013 than it did in 2002.
Mostly True
By Nancy Badertscher • January 20, 2015
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on January 13, 2015 a speech
On Common Core education standards
Half Flip
January 16, 2015
Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on January 12, 2015 a book
Administrative employees at colleges and universities have "more than doubled over the last 25 years, outpacing the growth of students by more than 2 to 1."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • January 12, 2015
Virginia Education Association
Virginia Education Association
stated on January 2, 2015 a web post.
State "school funding per pupil is down 16 percent compared to 2009, after adjusting for inflation."
True
By Warren Fiske • January 12, 2015
Peter Feigin
Peter Feigin
stated on January 6, 2015 a speech
The Milwaukee Bucks are "actually younger than the Marquette team."
False
By James B. Nelson • January 9, 2015
Hank Huckaby
Hank Huckaby
stated on December 16, 2014 civic club speech
Only 42 percent of young Georgians have a college certificate or degree, but soon 60 percent of jobs will require some college credential.
True
By Nancy Badertscher • January 7, 2015
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