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Jan Jones
Jan Jones
stated on February 6, 2012 in an essay:
"[W]hen adjusted for cost of living, Georgia ranks first nationally in teacher salary and benefits."
Half-True
By Eric Stirgus • February 22, 2012
Myra Crownover
Myra Crownover
stated on January 30, 2012 in her campaign website.:
Says Texas legislators in 2011 increased state spending on education.
Pants on Fire!
By W. Gardner Selby • February 20, 2012
Kathleen Falk
Kathleen Falk
stated on February 8, 2012 in a speech announcing her candidacy:
Says Scott Walker enacted "the biggest cuts to education in our state’s history."
True
By Dave Umhoefer • February 19, 2012
Chris Thomas
Chris Thomas
stated on February 6, 2012 in a Shelby County Commission meeting.:
"Shelby County donated – I’m sorry, gave – 44 schools to the city of Memphis."
Half-True
By Zack McMillin • February 19, 2012
Paul Sadler
Paul Sadler
stated on January 27, 2012 in a post on his campaign's Facebook page:
Says in his years as a Texas legislator, "we passed three pay increases for teachers and provided them with health insurance."
Mostly True
By Sue Owen • February 17, 2012
Richard Licht
Richard Licht
stated on February 5, 2012 in a television interview:
"We aren't the only state cutting back on public television."
True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • February 14, 2012
David A. Clarke Jr.
David A. Clarke Jr.
stated on January 23, 2012 in remarks :
Says Milwaukee blacks have 55 percent male unemployment, 60 percent truancy, a 50 percent graduation rate, the "worst" reading scores and "lead" in infant mortality. 
Half-True
By Tom Kertscher • February 13, 2012
Chris Christie
Chris Christie
stated on January 31, 2012 in a radio interview on New Jersey 101.5's "Ask the Governor":
"Here's something that people never talk about with coach Schiano: Rutgers had the best graduation rate of any Division I football program in America."
False
By Erin O'Neill • February 12, 2012
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on February 6, 2012 in a speech in Tallahassee:
"Nationwide tuition at public universities is up almost 300 percent ... in the last 20 years."
Mostly True
By Amy Sherman • February 9, 2012
George Barker
George Barker
stated on January 11, 2012 in a speech.:
Says Gov. Bob McDonnell's budget would cut pre-kindergarten programs. 
Mostly False
By Nancy Madsen • February 9, 2012
Presente.org
Presente.org
stated on January 27, 2012 in a television ad:
"91 percent of Latinos support the DREAM Act, which allows undocumented youth to attend college," but Marco Rubio opposes it.
True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • February 9, 2012
Marc Schare
Marc Schare
stated on February 1, 2012 in an Ohio House committee hearing :
A bill delaying the start of classes until Labor Day would permit school districts "to shave 5 full weeks off the school year."
True
By Tom Feran • February 9, 2012
Kitty Boitnott
Kitty Boitnott
stated on January 23, 2012 in a news conference.:
Public education has been permanently cut "by $1.6 billion through changes in the Standards of Quality funding formula."
Mostly True
By Sean Gorman • February 7, 2012
Fred Clark
Fred Clark
stated on February 1, 2012 in a Democratic Party radio address:
Says Gov. Scott Walker "made more than $70 million in cuts to job training programs through (Wisconsin’s) technical colleges."
Half-True
By Dave Umhoefer • February 5, 2012
Jim Whelan
Jim Whelan
stated on January 9, 2012 in a speech on the state Senate floor:
"United States of America is twenty-sixth in school performance in the world."
Mostly True
By Bill Wichert • February 3, 2012
Stacey Campfield
Stacey Campfield
stated on January 26, 2012 in an interview with Michelangelo Signorile on the Sirius satellite radio show “OutQ.”:
AIDS was transmitted to humans because "one guy" had sex with "a monkey" and then started "having sex with men."
Pants on Fire!
By Zack McMillin • February 3, 2012
Newt Gingrich
Newt Gingrich
stated on January 28, 2012 in comments at a campaign event:
Students today "take more years to get through" college.
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • January 30, 2012
Nathan Deal
Nathan Deal
stated on January 10, 2012 in his State of the State address:
Siemens has been unable to fill approximately 200 skilled trade positions in metro Atlanta.
False
By Willoughby Mariano • January 30, 2012
Donald McEachin
Donald McEachin
stated on January 11, 2012 in a speech.:
Gov. McDonnell's proposed budget "is cutting" public education. 
False
By Nancy Madsen • January 26, 2012
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on January 23, 2012 in comments to reporters in Tampa, Fla.:
"(Newt Gingrich) voted in favor of establishing the Department of Education, and yet he gets in a debate and says we should get rid of the Department of Education and send all the education issues back to the states."
Half-True
By Becky Bowers • January 25, 2012
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