Latest Fact-Checks In Education

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Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on January 26, 2016 a column posted on Medium.com
"Two-thirds of our kids can’t read at grade level."
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By Louis Jacobson • February 18, 2016
Paul Saldaña
Paul Saldaña
stated on January 13, 2016 a civic summit hosted by Austin's KLRU-TV
A Texas law requires every high school to have a voter registrar "and part of their responsibility is to make sure that when children become 18 and become eligible to vote, that they vote."
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By W. Gardner Selby • January 29, 2016
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on January 12, 2016 a State of the Union speech
We've "lifted high school graduation rates to new highs."
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By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • January 13, 2016
Antonin Scalia
Antonin Scalia
stated on December 9, 2015 a Supreme Court hearing
"Most of the black scientists in this country don't come from schools like the University of Texas. They come from lesser schools."
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By Joshua Gillin, Lauren Carroll • December 11, 2015
Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on October 28, 2015 a speech.
"It costs a hell of a lot more money to put somebody in jail than send them to the University of Virginia."
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By Sean Gorman • November 23, 2015
Megyn Kelly
Megyn Kelly
stated on November 11, 2015 a broadcast of "The Kelly File" on Fox News
"In a period of roughly 72 hours, a small group of angry black students managed to force the resignation of the two highest ranking officials at that school."
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By Jon Greenberg • November 13, 2015
Greenville Gazette
Greenville Gazette
stated on February 1, 2015 an article
Texas legislation "would allow… teachers to kill their students if they felt it was needed."
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By Andy East • November 6, 2015
Elizabeth Warren
Elizabeth Warren
stated on September 26, 2015 a speech
Student loans from the federal government issued between 2007 and 2012 are on target "to produce $66 billion in profits for the United States government."  
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October 1, 2015
Caleb Rowden
Caleb Rowden
stated on August 21, 2015 a tweet
"#GradInsurance debacle is a DIRECT result of #ObamaCare. #MIZZOU has to break the law to do the right thing."
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By Daniela Sirtori-Cortina • September 25, 2015
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on August 10, 2015 a Twitter exchange
"F: The grade given to Florida for college affordability under Jeb Bush's leadership."
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By Louis Jacobson • August 14, 2015
Jeb Bush
Jeb Bush
stated on August 10, 2015 a Twitter exchange
There has been a 100 percent "increase in student debt under this Democratic White House."
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By Lauren Carroll • August 14, 2015
Ted Kanavas
Ted Kanavas
stated on June 12, 2015 a political talk show
"Less than 1 percent of all the education dollars that we spend are spent on private (school) voucher programs."
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By Sarah Hauer • July 2, 2015
Mike Tate
Mike Tate
stated on May 28, 2015 a speech
A Republican budget proposal "would have Wisconsin have the weakest standards for who can be a teacher in the classroom in the country." 
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June 11, 2015
Dale Kooyenga
Dale Kooyenga
stated on May 22, 2015
Since Republicans took over after the 2010 election, "the graduation rate in Wisconsin has gone from 86 percent to 88 percent. The black graduation rate has gone from 60 percent to 65 percent. The Latino graduation rate has gone from 65 percent to 71 percent."
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By Sarah Hauer • June 10, 2015
David Bowen
David Bowen
stated on May 11, 2015 a news release
"Two of the top three (rated) public high schools in Wisconsin — Ronald Reagan College Prep and Rufus King International — are MPS schools."
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By Sarah Hauer • June 4, 2015
Gina Hinojosa
Gina Hinojosa
stated on May 6, 2015 an interview with Kiah Collier, Austin American-Statesman reporter
Austin school district "teachers are the lowest paid of any urban" Texas district and the "lowest paid of any surrounding school district."
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By W. Gardner Selby • May 27, 2015
Chris Wallace
Chris Wallace
stated on May 3, 2015 a broadcast of "Fox News Sunday"
"Baltimore spends the third highest per capita on its public schools."
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By Jon Greenberg • May 5, 2015
Nathan Deal
Nathan Deal
stated on January 14, 2015 State of State
This year’s state budget and my spending proposal for Fiscal Year 2016 represent an infusion of more than $1 billion in additional money for K-12 education.  
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By Nancy Badertscher • April 14, 2015
Janet Adkins
Janet Adkins
stated on March 26, 2015 a discussion about school uniforms
A school uniform policy helps with "school safety, helps with truancy."
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By Joshua Gillin • April 2, 2015
Greg Abbott
Greg Abbott
stated on February 17, 2015 his State of the State address
Dallas "African-American and Hispanic students pass AP exams at a higher rate than any other place in America."
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By W. Gardner Selby • March 26, 2015
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