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Latest Fact-Checks In Education

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Everytown for Gun Safety
Everytown for Gun Safety
stated on June 11, 2014 an infographic that went viral
There have been 74 "school shootings in America since Sandy Hook."
Mostly False
By Lauren Carroll • June 13, 2014
Mary Burke
Mary Burke
stated on April 18, 2014 an interview
"Already in Wisconsin we have seen fewer people pursuing education as a career" due to the Act 10 collective bargaining law.
Mostly False
By Dave Umhoefer • June 13, 2014
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on June 10, 2014 her book, "Hard Choices"
"By the time I left" the State Department, "economic growth was up and opium production was down" in Afghanistan, while "infant mortality declined" and school enrollment rose by more than sevenfold.
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • June 10, 2014
Mark Warner
Mark Warner
stated on May 29, 2014 a speech.
"Right now, America has $1.1 trillion of student debt. That’s more than credit card debt."
True
By Nancy Madsen • June 10, 2014
Chain email
Chain email
stated on June 5, 2014 emails and social media posts circulating on the Internet
"Obama Signs Bill Forgiving All Student Loan Debt."
Pants on Fire!
By Louis Jacobson • June 9, 2014
Pete Gallego
Pete Gallego
stated on May 14, 2014 an email blast
"The average student loan debt in Texas is over $22,000...the cost of an average size pickup truck." But unlike car owners, "students are not allowed to refinance their loans at lower rates."
Mostly True
By W. Gardner Selby • June 9, 2014
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on April 16, 2014 a radio interview
"Graduation and third-grade reading scores are up in the state since I took office."
Mostly True
By Dave Umhoefer • June 8, 2014
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on June 2, 2014 a campaign commercial
"Charlie Crist allowed college tuition to increase up to 15 percent every year."
Mostly True
By Joshua Gillin • June 4, 2014
Tammy Baldwin
Tammy Baldwin
stated on May 8, 2014 an interview
"This generation, on average, is starting their careers, if they’ve been to a four-year college, with just under $30,000 in debt."
Half-True
By Devon Waugh • June 4, 2014
Brian Kemp
Brian Kemp
stated on May 19, 2014 statement
"The numbers make it clear that Georgia voters are increasingly taking advantage of early voting opportunities."
True
By Nancy Badertscher • June 4, 2014
Clay Pell
Clay Pell
stated on April 30, 2014 a campaign website
"Rhode Island has the highest dropout rate in New England at twenty-three percent."
Half-True
By Karen Lee Ziner • June 1, 2014
Peter Shumlin
Peter Shumlin
stated on May 21, 2014 MSNBC
"Nathan Deal cut the HOPE scholarship program so that literally 100,000 Georgians will not be able to go to college or get technical training that they so badly needed to raise -- you know, give them a chance at a good job."
Half-True
By Nancy Badertscher • May 30, 2014
Mary Burke
Mary Burke
stated on May 6, 2014 a forum
The Wisconsin school voucher program "has no research that shows that it’s going to improve student learning."
Mostly True
May 28, 2014
Valarie Wilson
Valarie Wilson
stated on May 14, 2014 a pamphlet
Says Democratic candidate for state school superintendent Alisha Thomas Morgan voted to slash funding for the preschool programs for disabled and special needs students.
Half-True
By Eric Stirgus, Nancy Badertscher • May 27, 2014
Charles Van Zant
Charles Van Zant
stated on March 22, 2014 speech in March publicized May 16 by Think Progress
A company hired to do Common Core testing in Florida will "attract every one of your children to become as homosexual as they possibly can."
Pants on Fire!
By Amy Sherman • May 20, 2014
Jeb Bush
Jeb Bush
stated on May 12, 2014 a speech at the Manhattan Institute
"U.S. teenagers have now fallen behind their counterparts in Ireland, Poland and even Vietnam in math and science."
Mostly True
By Amy Sherman • May 15, 2014
Dan Patrick
Dan Patrick
stated on April 28, 2014 a TV ad
Under David Dewhurst’s leadership, the Texas "Senate passed an expansion of in-state tuition and free health care to illegal immigrants."
False
By W. Gardner Selby • May 15, 2014
Kyle Williams
Kyle Williams
stated on May 6, 2014 campaign fllier
State Rep. Elena Parent "supported Governor Nathan Deal’s plan to slash the HOPE scholarship."  
False
By Eric Stirgus • May 13, 2014
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on May 2, 2014 interviews and news releases
On in-state tuition for illegal immigrants.
Full Flop
By Amy Sherman • May 2, 2014
Republican Party of Texas
Republican Party of Texas
stated on April 11, 2014 a tweet and chart
"Wendy Davis has already taken more $ from teacher unions than the past 3 Democrat gubernatorial candidates combined."
Mostly False
By W. Gardner Selby • May 2, 2014
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