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Florida Democratic Party
Florida Democratic Party
stated on July 25, 2013 the realrickscott.com website
Rick Scott "increased tuition at our state colleges and universities by double digits."
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • August 2, 2013
Don Lemon
Don Lemon
stated on July 27, 2013 a commentary on CNN
"A high school dropout makes on average $19,000 a year, a high school graduate makes $28,000 a year, a college graduate makes $51,000 a year."
Mostly True
By Janel Davis • August 2, 2013
Dream Defenders
Dream Defenders
stated on July 22, 2013 a meeting with Wansley Walters, Florida Department of Juvenile Justice Secretary
"Over 12,000 school kids were arrested in Florida. It makes Florida the nation's leader in that area."
Half-True
By Amy Sherman • July 30, 2013
Will Weatherford
Will Weatherford
stated on July 17, 2013 a letter to Education Commissioner Tony Bennett
New school testing standards "will consume approximately twenty days of testing for elementary, middle and high school students."
Mostly True
By Jeffrey S. Solochek • July 22, 2013
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on June 13, 2013 a fake Rick Perry 2016 poster.
"Texas ranks: #1 in worker deaths, #1 carbon emissions, #50 in high school graduates, #50 in funding for mental health patients."
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • July 19, 2013
Kathleen Ford
Kathleen Ford
stated on June 27, 2013 a mayoral forum
"Private prison systems are calculating how many new beds (they will need) based on the ... number of third graders."
Pants on Fire!
By Katie Sanders • July 16, 2013
Gene Green
Gene Green
stated on June 28, 2013 a press release
Says student loan interest rates will double from 3.4 percent to 6.8 percent July 1.
Mostly True
By Sue Owen • June 28, 2013
Tony Evers
Tony Evers
stated on June 23, 2013 an interview
A private school tax break in the Wisconsin state budget is "the most generous in the nation."
Half-True
June 28, 2013
Tim Ryan
Tim Ryan
stated on June 11, 2013 a House of Representatives floor speech
"If you are born poor in America, we rank ninth or tenth in our citizens’ ability to climb up through that ladder and get themselves into the middle class."
Mostly True
By Sabrina Eaton • June 26, 2013
Peter Barca
Peter Barca
stated on June 5, 2013 a fund-raising email
Under Republican-backed state budget, the state education agency estimates expansion of Wisconsin’s school voucher program "could cost nearly $2 billion annually"
Pants on Fire!
June 26, 2013
Portland Public Schools
Portland Public Schools
stated on June 5, 2013 an opinion piece.
Says proposed teacher contract "would layer on more restrictive rules."
True
By Ian K. Kullgren • June 25, 2013
Angela Bean
Angela Bean
stated on June 1, 2013 a newspaper article
A data system that goes along with Common Core is designed to collect up to 400 data points on each child, which can include personally identifiable data.
Mostly False
By Janel Davis • June 17, 2013
Oregon Republican Party
Oregon Republican Party
stated on May 29, 2013 in a press release
Says a group "estimates that the annual cost to Oregon taxpayers for government services to illegal aliens, after any income tax revenue from them, is $1 billion."
Mostly False
By Janie Har • June 15, 2013
Don Gaetz
Don Gaetz
stated on June 11, 2013 an op-ed
"More than half of last year's U.S. college graduates are unemployed or underemployed."
Half-True
By Aaron Sharockman • June 14, 2013
John Lewis
John Lewis
stated on May 17, 2013 an op-ed
"Black children constitute 18 percent of the nation's public school population but 40 percent of the children who are suspended or expelled."
Mostly True
By Eric Stirgus • June 10, 2013
Gina Raimondo
Gina Raimondo
stated on May 29, 2013 an interview with WJAR-TV
"The average student comes out of college hundreds of thousands of dollars in debt."
False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • June 6, 2013
Carlos Curbelo
Carlos Curbelo
stated on May 24, 2013 a Fox News interview
In Miami-Dade County, "we spend at our school system over $20 million every year" educating recent immigrants.
Mostly True
By Amy Sherman • June 3, 2013
Ed FitzGerald
Ed FitzGerald
stated on April 24, 2013 a campaign speech
Cuyahoga County "passed a program to guarantee a college savings account for every single child who enters kindergarten in this county -- the first county in the United States to do so."
True
By Tom Feran • June 3, 2013
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on May 17, 2013 a press release
Says 13 Texas universities "have announced or implemented a $10,000 degree."
Mostly False
By Sue Owen • May 31, 2013
Oregon PTA
Oregon PTA
stated on May 17, 2013 a newsletter
Says, "Oregon has the third largest class size in the nation."
True
By Christian Gaston • May 31, 2013
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