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Alex Sink
Alex Sink
stated on September 17, 2010 a TV ad:
When Tallahassee politicians and bureaucrats tried to run our schools, "I've stood up to them to protect local control."
Mostly True
By Amy Sherman • September 30, 2010
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
By Robert Farley • 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
By Robert Farley • 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
By Robert Farley • 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
By Ciara O'Rourke • 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
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