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Myra Crownover
Myra Crownover
stated on January 30, 2012 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 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 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 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 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 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
February 13, 2012
Chris Christie
Chris Christie
stated on January 31, 2012 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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
Newt Gingrich
Newt Gingrich
stated on January 23, 2012 a debate
There are 86 languages spoken at Miami Dade College.
True
By Amy Sherman • January 24, 2012
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