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Latest Fact-Checks In Education

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Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on September 27, 2010 a TV interview
"We now have our kids go to school about a month less than most other advanced countries."
Half-True
September 30, 2010
David Axelrod
David Axelrod
stated on September 26, 2010 an interview on ABC's This Week with Christiane Amanpour
The GOP's "Pledge to America" includes "a 20 percent cut ... for education. ... Eight million kids would have their college aid slashed under this budget."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • September 27, 2010
Kendra Yarbrough Camarena
Kendra Yarbrough Camarena
stated on September 14, 2010 a TV ad.
"Austin politicians want to cram more kids into classrooms so they don't have to make the tough decisions to balance the budget."
Mostly False
By W. Gardner Selby • September 25, 2010
Sarah Copelin-Wood
Sarah Copelin-Wood
stated on July 3, 2010 a newspaper article
"I have given $30,000 of my unused travel expenses over the years to supplement the school system's general budget."
Half-True
By Eric Stirgus • September 22, 2010
Alex Sink
Alex Sink
stated on September 1, 2010 figures cites on campaign website
"Florida spends more than $300 million a year just on children repeating pre-K through 3rd grade."
Mostly True
By Laura Figueroa • September 21, 2010
Republican Governors Association
Republican Governors Association
stated on September 14, 2010 a television ad
Roy Barnes "made Georgia dead last in education" and Georgia "led the nation in job losses."
Half-True
By Eric Stirgus • September 21, 2010
Republican Party of Georgia
Republican Party of Georgia
stated on September 7, 2010 GOP press release
"Barnes opposed the creation of the HOPE Scholarship and campaigned against Zell Miller on the issue."
Mostly False
By Jim Tharpe • September 20, 2010
National Republican Congressional Committee
National Republican Congressional Committee
stated on September 12, 2010 a TV ad.
"700 jobs (were) lost because Allen Boyd" voted for the health care bill.
Mostly False
By Aaron Sharockman • September 16, 2010
Jim Greer
Jim Greer
stated on September 14, 2010 a statement to the press
On whether President Obama's speeches to school children spread "socialist ideology."
Full Flop
By Angie Drobnic Holan • September 14, 2010
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on September 5, 2010 a speech on Labor Day
John Boehner said the jobs of "teachers and nurses and police officers and firefighters" are "'government jobs' that weren't worth saving."
Mostly False
By Angie Drobnic Holan • September 8, 2010
Randi Weingarten
Randi Weingarten
stated on August 29, 2010 ABC's "This Week"
"The states that actually have lots of teachers in teacher unions tend to be the states that have done the best in terms of academic success in this country."  
Half-True
September 2, 2010
Harry Reid
Harry Reid
stated on August 23, 2010 a campaign commercial
Sharron Angle "would eliminate the Department of Education."
True
By Louis Jacobson • September 1, 2010
Jamie Oliver
Jamie Oliver
stated on August 29, 2010 a roundtable discussion on ABC's "This Week with Christiane Amanpour."
McDonald's in England only sells organic milk and free-range eggs, which provides more nutritious offerings than in the U.S.
Half-True
August 31, 2010
Arne Duncan
Arne Duncan
stated on August 29, 2010 an interview on ABC's "This Week with Christiane Amanpour"
"In this country, we have a 25 percent dropout rate."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • August 30, 2010
Laura Tyson
Laura Tyson
stated on August 15, 2010 an interview on ABC's ''This Week with Christiane Amanpour.''
The United States is "number 14, number 15" in college graduation rates, and "we're leading the world in high school dropout rates."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • August 17, 2010
Laura Tyson
Laura Tyson
stated on August 15, 2010 an interview on ABC's "This Week with Christiane Amanpour''
"Unemployment for those with college educations is now 4.5 percent. Unemployment for those with more than a college education, below 4 percent."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • August 17, 2010
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on August 9, 2010 a speech at the University of Texas at Austin
"The unemployment rate for folks who've never gone to college is almost double what it is for those who have."
True
August 17, 2010
Rebecca Bell-Metereau
Rebecca Bell-Metereau
stated on August 9, 2010 a campaign flier
Ken Mercer "wants Sean Hannity and James Dobson included in social studies texts."
Mostly False
By Meghan Ashford-Grooms • August 14, 2010
Nancy Pelosi
Nancy Pelosi
stated on August 10, 2010 a news release
A bill to aid state and local governments "is fully paid-for by closing costly corporate tax loopholes."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • August 13, 2010
Peter Kilmartin
Peter Kilmartin
stated on June 28, 2010 a speech at the state Democratic convention
For every $1 spent on afterschool programs, "we can save over $5, almost $6, in crime costs down the line."
Half-True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • July 30, 2010
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