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Todd Staples
Todd Staples
stated on September 8, 2014 oped commentary:
"To deprive" underprivileged children "of a meat-based protein during school lunch is most likely depriving them of their only source of protein for the day."
Pants on Fire!
By Dylan Baddour • September 21, 2014
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, Tom Kertscher • 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
By Tom Kertscher • 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
By Tom Kertscher • 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
By Tom Kertscher • 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
By Tom Kertscher • 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
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