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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
Mark Dayton
Mark Dayton
stated on July 14, 2010 a campaign ad:
"Tim Pawlenty has cut education funding in Minnesota. Classrooms are overcrowded. Districts have gone to four-day school weeks."
Half-True
By Erin Mershon • July 29, 2010
Leticia Van de Putte
Leticia Van de Putte
stated on June 25, 2010 a speech at the Texas Democratic Party convention:
Says Bill White's program to bring dropouts back to school was "so successful that almost every city in our state has replicated" it.
Half-True
By Meghan Ashford-Grooms • July 27, 2010
Yvette McGee Brown
Yvette McGee Brown
stated on June 22, 2010 a campaign speech:
"Education Week rates Ohio schools in the top five in the nation."
True
By Reginald Fields • July 24, 2010
Ted Strickland
Ted Strickland
stated on July 6, 2010 a campaign speech:
"In Ohio, we invested in our children, raising school funding by 5.5 percent in the last budget."
False
By Aaron Marshall • July 23, 2010
Stephen Colbert
Stephen Colbert
stated on July 6, 2010 a segement on The Colbert Report:
"It turns out that Texas has an $18 billion budget shortfall and can't afford its new science textbooks."
Mostly True
By Ciara O'Rourke • July 23, 2010
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on July 13, 2010 an interview with CNBC:
"We have more kids take the SAT than any other state in the nation. I mean a high percentage of our kids take the SAT."
Mostly False
By Ciara O'Rourke • July 22, 2010
Scott Hochberg
Scott Hochberg
stated on June 25, 2010 a speech at a caucus at the Texas Democratic convention:
"Only about a third" of Texans who enroll in college graduate.
True
By Ciara O'Rourke • July 13, 2010
Alex Sink
Alex Sink
stated on July 8, 2010 a statement on her campaign website:
"Florida’s high school graduation rate falls well below the national average."
True
By Cristina Silva • July 8, 2010
Bud Chiles
Bud Chiles
stated on July 7, 2010 a statement on his campaign website:
"Today, Florida is in 50th place in spending on education."
Half-True
By Cristina Silva • July 7, 2010
DuBose Porter
DuBose Porter
stated on June 10, 2010 for DuBose Porter's gubernatorial campaign:
Says he "fought against $3 billion in cuts to public education since 2003."
True
By Willoughby Mariano • June 28, 2010
Lincoln Chafee
Lincoln Chafee
stated on May 4, 2010 a candidate forum:
"Fifty-three percent of teens in Central Falls are getting pregnant."
False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • June 25, 2010
Roy Barnes
Roy Barnes
stated on February 12, 2010 a speech:
Georgia could get money for schools by scraping "the gold off the gold dome" of the state Capitol.
Pants on Fire!
By Jim Tharpe • June 15, 2010
John Oxendine
John Oxendine
stated on June 4, 2010 a campaign video on his website:
Georgia has "a dropout rate that’s higher" than Alabama's.
True
By Willoughby Mariano • June 14, 2010
Thurbert Baker
Thurbert Baker
stated on April 29, 2010 a speech:
"Our school test scores are right at the bottom."
Half-True
By Eric Stirgus • June 8, 2010
John Oxendine
John Oxendine
stated on June 3, 2010 in a video on his Web site. :
"We have SAT scores lower than that of Alabama."
Half-True
By Willoughby Mariano • June 5, 2010
Kathy Miller
Kathy Miller
stated on May 18, 2010 an op-ed article:
"A Houston school district analysis found that the (State Board of Education) more than quadrupled the number of historical figures students must learn about."
Half-True
By Meghan Ashford-Grooms • June 3, 2010
Empower Texans
Empower Texans
stated on May 14, 2010 a Web video:
"There are 321,092 public school teachers in Texas. And there are 313,850 non-teachers in our public schools."
Mostly True
By Ciara O'Rourke • May 28, 2010
Rodney Ellis
Rodney Ellis
stated on May 14, 2010 an interview.:
Says that in three legislative sessions, his proposals opening pre-kindergarten to all Texas 4-year-olds never got heard or voted out of committee.
Mostly True
By W. Gardner Selby • May 25, 2010
Robert Koons
Robert Koons
stated on May 18, 2010 an opinion piece published in the Austin American-Statesman:
"In the history department at the University of Texas, out of 50 registered voters, only one is a Republican."
False
By Ciara O'Rourke • May 23, 2010
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