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Beverly Hall
Beverly Hall
stated on August 10, 2011 a commentary published in Education Week
Gains in Atlanta Public Schools scores on a national standardized test lend credence to "dramatic" score increases on state tests.
False
By Willoughby Mariano • October 7, 2011
Committee for Our Children's Future
Committee for Our Children's Future
stated on September 20, 2011 a television ad
Says Gov. Chris Christie "cut spending (by) $1 billion" and provided "$850 million in new education funding."
Half-True
By Bill Wichert • October 6, 2011
Mark Miller
Mark Miller
stated on September 22, 2011 a radio address
"Republicans enacted the most drastic cuts to K-12 public schools of any state in the nation."  
Mostly False
By Dave Umhoefer • October 5, 2011
Terry Gorman
Terry Gorman
stated on September 21, 2011 a TV interview
"[Federal] law says that you can't give in-state tuition to an illegal alien … unless you first offer it to any other student regardless of their state of residence."
Mostly False
By Lynn Arditi • October 2, 2011
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on September 28, 2011 an interview
Says only four Texas legislators voted against a law giving in-state tuition rates to certain illegal immigrants.
True
By W. Gardner Selby • September 28, 2011
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on September 22, 2011 a Republican presidential debate in Orlando.
Says that illegal immigrants get a $100,000 break on University of Texas tuition over four years.
Mostly True
By Sue Owen • September 28, 2011
Rick Santorum
Rick Santorum
stated on September 1, 2011 a Republican presidential debate in Tampa, Florida.
Says Rick Perry "provided in-state tuition... for illegal immigrants."
True
By Sue Owen • September 23, 2011
Sheldon Whitehouse
Sheldon Whitehouse
stated on July 29, 2011 a Senate speech
"In 1976, the first year that Pell Grants were fully funded, a full Pell Grant paid 72 percent of the cost of attendance at a typical four-year public college. Today, a full Pell Grant covers just 34 percent of those costs.
True
By Edward Fitzpatrick • September 22, 2011
Al Sharpton
Al Sharpton
stated on September 7, 2011 a TV show
One Wisconsin school district "is so worried about losing state funding that it has stopped giving milk to elementary school kids during snack time."
Half-True
September 19, 2011
Valerie Vainieri Huttle
Valerie Vainieri Huttle
stated on September 6, 2011 at a news conference
Says "160,000 kids stay home every day because they are afraid to go to school because of bullying."
Mostly False
By Erin O'Neill • September 15, 2011
Donna Shalala
Donna Shalala
stated on August 29, 2011 a video statement
"The academic achievements of our student-athletes are mentioned in the same breath and spirit as Notre Dame and Stanford."
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • September 9, 2011
New Hampshire Democratic Party
New Hampshire Democratic Party
stated on August 17, 2011 an interview with the 'Telegraph.'
Since Rick Perry became governor, "Texas has gone from 46th in the country to 50th in the population that graduates from high school."
Half-True
By Jake Berry • September 8, 2011
Daniel McKee
Daniel McKee
stated on August 21, 2011 a Providence Journal commentary
"This year, the Blackstone Valley Mayoral Academy became the first public school in Rhode Island history to have 100 percent of its elementary-age students proficient in reading on state assessments."
Mostly True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • September 8, 2011
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on August 15, 2011 a news release
A new college tuition reciprocity agreement with Minnesota "makes college education more affordable for Wisconsin residents."
Pants on Fire!
September 4, 2011
Richard Tomlins
Richard Tomlins
stated on August 22, 2011 a recorded telephone message to Cranston residents
"Mayor Fung wants to punish our children's education by removing 12 million dollars from current funding to pay for his private charter school. Your taxes would increase by between 6 and 8 percent per year."
Pants on Fire!
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • September 4, 2011
New Jersey Education Association
New Jersey Education Association
stated on August 30, 2011 NJEA's website
Says "New Jersey's public school students have the best Advanced Placement scores in the nation."
True
By Erin O'Neill • September 4, 2011
James Parisi
James Parisi
stated on August 21, 2011 a TV news show
A national study of 2,500 charter schools shows that "maybe 20 percent do better than the community public schools, 40 percent or so do worse and the rest are not having any significant difference."
True
By Lynn Arditi • September 1, 2011
Jim Petro
Jim Petro
stated on August 11, 2011 a speech at Ohio State University
Every 1 percent increase in the number of Ohioans with bachelor’s degrees "means economic activity growing the next year and for each year thereafter (by) $2.5 billion dollars."
Mostly True
By Aaron Marshall • August 30, 2011
Regina Benjamin
Regina Benjamin
stated on August 18, 2011 a radio interview
"The United States death rate is two-and-a-half times higher for those who do not have a high school education."
True
By Willoughby Mariano • August 26, 2011
Michael Doherty
Michael Doherty
stated on August 22, 2011 a letter to the state’s acting education commissioner
Says enrolling a student in a subsidized lunch program triggers an "at risk" designation, resulting in an extra $6,000 to $7,000 of state school aid per student.
Mostly True
By Erin O'Neill • August 25, 2011
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