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Latest Fact-Checks In Education

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Big Gamble NJ
Big Gamble NJ
stated on November 13, 2012 a website:
"In 2011, our state-run lottery funded New Jersey classrooms by over $930 million."
Mostly True
By Erin O'Neill • November 19, 2012
Dan Patrick
Dan Patrick
stated on November 8, 2012 a Texas Tribune interview.:
Says the state of Texas rates as "unacceptable" almost 500 of the state's 8,000 public schools.
True
By W. Gardner Selby • November 14, 2012
Jason Isaac
Jason Isaac
stated on October 22, 2012 a League of Women Voters guide for Texas and Austin voters:
Says that over the past 20 years, Texas public school spending rose 142 percent and per-pupil spending more than tripled when adjusted for inflation.
Mostly False
By Sue Owen • November 12, 2012
Bill Haslam
Bill Haslam
stated on October 18, 2012 an article for Time magazine.:
Says Tennessee’s higher education funding model "is 100 percent outcomes-based" and "we are already seeing this model changing the way our postsecondary institutions do business."
True
By Richard Locker • November 11, 2012
Stand For Children Tennessee
Stand For Children Tennessee
stated on October 24, 2012 in a post on Facebook.:
Says that "Tennessee law requires that schools receive half of proceeds -- $31 million per year" -- from a half-cent increase in the Shelby County sales tax.
True
By Zack McMillin • November 4, 2012
New Hampshire Democratic Party
New Hampshire Democratic Party
stated on October 18, 2012 a campaign mailer to New Hampshire residents :
Says Ovide Lamontagne wants to eliminate kindergarten.
Mostly False
By Maryalice Gill • November 3, 2012
Tere McCann
Tere McCann
stated on October 30, 2012 a campaign mailer.:
Says opponent Chad Chadwell "wants condom techniques demonstrated to your children."
Mostly False
By W. Gardner Selby • November 1, 2012
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on October 27, 2012 a campaign ad:
Says Mitt Romney’s plan makes "catastrophic cuts to education."
Half-True
By Molly Moorhead • October 30, 2012
Donna Howard
Donna Howard
stated on August 30, 2012 East Austin meetup of Texans for Obama.:
"We’re talking right now about a $12 billion hole in our current, so-called balanced" state "budget."
Half-True
By David Barer • October 29, 2012
Tom Kean Jr.
Tom Kean Jr.
stated on October 17, 2012 an interview with reporters at William Paterson University:
"New Jersey is the only state in the union that spent less on higher education than it did at the beginning of the decade."
False
By Erin O'Neill • October 28, 2012
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on October 1, 2012 a press conference.:
Says fewer than 30 percent of Texas college students graduate in four years and only 58 percent graduate within six years.
True
By W. Gardner Selby • October 19, 2012
Rob Moshein
Rob Moshein
stated on October 14, 2012 a letter to the editor.:
Says the University of Texas can afford to build a medical school because it has a $7 billion endowment and its football program had a $50 million profit last year.
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • October 19, 2012
John G. Morgan
John G. Morgan
stated on September 13, 2012 Testimoney to the U.S. Senate Education Committee:
"Tennessee students now cover about 67 percent of the cost of their education at public universities, and some 60 percent at community colleges."
True
By Richard Locker • October 13, 2012
Carl Hosticka
Carl Hosticka
stated on September 5, 2012 a guest column:
Says Julie Parrish "voted to divert $160 million from public schools to private for-profit schools."
Mostly False
By Janie Har • October 13, 2012
National Education Association
National Education Association
stated on September 27, 2012 a television ad:
Says that Josh Mandel voted to let insurance companies deny coverage for autism
Mostly True
By Stephen Koff • October 12, 2012
Priorities USA Action
Priorities USA Action
stated on October 8, 2012 a campaign ad:
Says Romney wants to "take away early childhood education, slash K-12 funding, and cut college aid … to pay for a $250,000 tax break for multi-millionaires."
Mostly False
By Molly Moorhead • October 10, 2012
Bill Powers
Bill Powers
stated on September 27, 2012 his "State of the University" address.:
"We confer more PhDs each year than any other university in America except Berkeley."  
Mostly False
By W. Gardner Selby • October 10, 2012
Steven Teske
Steven Teske
stated on September 18, 2012 an article:
High school students arrested on campus are twice as likely not to graduate and four times less likely to graduate if they’ve appeared in court.
Mostly True
By Eric Stirgus • October 10, 2012
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on September 25, 2012 a Web ad:
"In Romney's first budget (in Massachusetts), he cut $248.7 million from K-12 education."
Half-True
By Becky Bowers • October 8, 2012
Joe Straus
Joe Straus
stated on September 23, 2012 a breakfast at the Texas Tribune Festival.:
Says Texas lawmakers last year expanded public education’s share of state spending.
Mostly True
By W. Gardner Selby • October 8, 2012
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