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Dan Patrick
Dan Patrick
stated on August 28, 2014 a press release
"As chair of the Senate Education Committee, I led the charge to restore most of the education cuts from last session."
Pants on Fire!
By W. Gardner Selby • September 15, 2014
Matt Mackowiak
Matt Mackowiak
stated on September 8, 2014 an opinion column
In Texas public schools, "we spend an average of $12,000 per pupil per year."
Mostly False
By W. Gardner Selby • September 12, 2014
Greater Wisconsin Committee
Greater Wisconsin Committee
stated on August 28, 2014 a TV ad
"Scott Walker cut school funding more per student than any governor in America."
Mostly True
By Dave Umhoefer • September 7, 2014
Mike Collier
Mike Collier
stated on August 8, 2014 a video ad
Opponent Glenn Hegar expressed pride in legislated cuts to public school funding.
True
By W. Gardner Selby • September 5, 2014
Wisconsin State AFL-CIO
Wisconsin State AFL-CIO
stated on August 31, 2014 a direct-mail piece
"Scott Walker has given a $10,000 tax deduction to millionaires who send their kids to exclusive private schools."
Mostly False
August 31, 2014
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on August 13, 2014 a TV ad
Says he "invested over $100 million in worker training."
Mostly True
August 24, 2014
Mary Burke
Mary Burke
stated on August 11, 2014 a news article
Wisconsin is "38th in the country in terms of proficiency standards" in student testing.
Mostly True
August 22, 2014
John Padgett
John Padgett
stated on August 12, 2014 press release
Jason Carter backed three of Nathan Deal’s budgets but accuses the governor of "underfunding education."
True
By Nancy Badertscher • August 20, 2014
Ron Johnson
Ron Johnson
stated on May 28, 2014 statement at a town hall meeting
"Kids coming from an affluent background" are "taking advantage of all these student loan programs and grants" while many middle-class families with no connection to college are picking up the tab.
Mostly False
By Devon Waugh • August 13, 2014
Mike Hymes
Mike Hymes
stated on July 16, 2014 a TV ad
Del. Ben Chafin "took money away" from Southwest Virginia schools while voting to build a "politician's palace."
False
By Nancy Madsen • August 11, 2014
Mark Emmert
Mark Emmert
stated on August 10, 2014 comments on ABC's "This Week"
"More (student-athletes) graduate than the students who aren't student-athletes."
Half-True
By Lauren Carroll • August 10, 2014
Cormick Lynch
Cormick Lynch
stated on August 3, 2014 a debate on WPRI's Newsmakers
The cost of "college education has gone up 1,200 percent since 1978."
Half-True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • August 10, 2014
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on August 7, 2014 a meme on social media
"In 1978, a student who worked a minimum-wage summer job could afford to pay a year's full tuition at the 4-year public university of their choice."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • August 8, 2014
Michael Bloomberg
Michael Bloomberg
stated on August 3, 2014 comments on CBS' "Face the Nation"
Africa is spending "the highest percentage of their GDP on education of any part of the world."  
False
By Derek Tsang • August 7, 2014
Ralph Mollis
Ralph Mollis
stated on August 10, 2014 a TV debate
"The per-pupil cost in the [Blackstone Valley Prep] Mayoral Academy far outweighs the per-pupil cost in Cumberland public schools."
Mostly False
By Karen Lee Ziner • August 7, 2014
Charlie Crist
Charlie Crist
stated on July 31, 2014 a campaign commercial
Says Rick Scott "raised property taxes."
Mostly False
By Joshua Gillin • August 1, 2014
Paul Ryan
Paul Ryan
stated on July 25, 2014 an interview
Twenty percent of single adults, ages 21 to 25 with no kids, "are not working or even in school trying to find a job."  
False
July 30, 2014
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on July 23, 2014 a speech to the NAACP in Las Vegas
The Obama administration's policies "have reduced minority dropout rate by 25 percent."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • July 29, 2014
Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on July 23, 2014 a speech at Catholic University
"Having an active father makes children 98 percent more likely to graduate from college."
Half-True
By Amy Sherman • July 29, 2014
Dan Patrick
Dan Patrick
stated on June 7, 2014 his speech at the state convention of the Republican Party of Texas
"We have a 40 to 50 percent dropout rate in our inner-city schools."
False
By W. Gardner Selby • July 27, 2014
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