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Phil Berger
Phil Berger
stated on March 13, 2017 a the GOP response to Roy Cooper's State of the State speech
Says Republican legislators in North Carolina raised the average teacher's pay "by more than 15 percent in just three years."
Mostly False
By Will Doran • March 16, 2017
Tony Evers
Tony Evers
stated on February 13, 2017 a Facebook post
"Wisconsin’s graduation rates have grown to over 90 percent" since Tony Evers became state school superintendent.
Mostly False
By Dave Umhoefer • March 10, 2017
Eric Greitens
Eric Greitens
stated on January 17, 2017 his state of the state address
"Over 200 of our 520 school districts did not have a single student in physics."
Mostly False
By Grace Hase • February 24, 2017
John Humphries
John Humphries
stated on January 12, 2017 a Facebook post
"We've dropped from a top 10 state in elementary reading to 30th in the nation" under State Schools Superintendent Tony Evers’ watch.  
Mostly False
By Dave Umhoefer • February 6, 2017
Mark Pocan
Mark Pocan
stated on January 11, 2017 a letter
Says Betsy DeVos and her family "have donated extensively to groups which promote the idea that students who identify as LGBT must undergo 'conversion' therapy."
Mostly False
By Dave Umhoefer • January 25, 2017
Lloyd Doggett
Lloyd Doggett
stated on December 15, 2016 an interview with KEYE TV
"Our university campuses by federal law do not check the immigration status of their students just as our public schools don’t."  
Mostly False
By W. Gardner Selby • December 28, 2016
Kurt Schaefer
Kurt Schaefer
stated on November 13, 2016 an ad in the Columbia Daily Tribune
The 2016 and 2017 Missouri budget includes more funding for the University of Missouri than any time in the last 15 years.
Mostly False
By Ellen Cagle • December 19, 2016
Maggie Hassan
Maggie Hassan
stated on November 2, 2016 a debate
Kelly Ayotte "voted for a budget that had $90 billion of cuts to Pell Grants."
Mostly False
By Lola Duffort • November 5, 2016
Levar Stoney
Levar Stoney
stated on October 17, 2016
"Jack Berry voted for a plan to cut $23.8 million from our schools."
Mostly False
By Warren Fiske • October 31, 2016
National Republican Senatorial Committee
National Republican Senatorial Committee
stated on September 8, 2016 an ad
Maggie Hassan "raised tuition, making it the highest in America."
Mostly False
By Lola Duffort • October 6, 2016
Yes on 55
Yes on 55
stated on August 23, 2016 a television advertisement
California’s Prop 55 "prevents $4 billion in new cuts to our schools."
Mostly False
By Chris Nichols • September 13, 2016
Ted Gatsas
Ted Gatsas
stated on September 1, 2016 an ad
Chris "Sununu supported Obama’s Common Core agenda, taking away local control of our schools."
Mostly False
By Allie Morris • September 12, 2016
Roy Cooper
Roy Cooper
stated on August 29, 2016 posts on social media
"Under Pat McCrory, (North Carolina) has fallen to 41st in teacher pay."
Mostly False
By Will Doran • September 2, 2016
Bruce Rauner
Bruce Rauner
stated on August 17, 2016 a speech at the Illinois State Fair
Democrats "are cutting our school funding. Four times in the last 10 years before we came into office."
Mostly False
By Matt Dietrich • September 1, 2016
No on 56 campaign
No on 56 campaign
stated on August 16, 2016 radio and online advertisements
"Prop 56 cheats schools out of at least $600 million."
Mostly False
By Chris Nichols • August 26, 2016
Tina Rosenberg
Tina Rosenberg
stated on June 14, 2016 an article
In Liberia, "a girl is more likely to be married by 18 than to know how to read."
Mostly False
By Kate Wilkinson • August 1, 2016
Ritch Workman
Ritch Workman
stated on June 20, 2016 an online ad
Says he "voted to remove Common Core from our schools."
Mostly False
By Joshua Gillin • July 11, 2016
Pat Robertson
Pat Robertson
stated on June 27, 2016 a TV broadcast
President Barack Obama attended  "an Islamic madrassa."
Mostly False
By Sean Gorman • July 5, 2016
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on June 22, 2016 a speech in Raleigh, NC
"Thanks to (North Carolina’s) governor and the legislature, the average teacher salary can barely support a family."
Mostly False
By Will Doran • June 28, 2016
Ted Cruz
Ted Cruz
stated on May 14, 2016 his speech at the Republican Party of Texas convention
Barack Obama issued a decree "demanding that every public school now allow grown men and boys into the little girls’ bathroom."  
Mostly False
By Eleanor Dearman • June 26, 2016
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