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Paul Ryan
stated on May 14, 2016 a tweet

American colleges amount to a "cartel."

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By Cara Lombardo • June 16, 2016

Viral image
stated on June 1, 2016 Facebook post by Liberals are Cool

"Tuition-free public universities and colleges are just a pipe dream. False. They were both free up until the Vietnam War."

Mostly False

By Allison Graves • June 10, 2016

Austin Independent School District
stated on June 2, 2016 an advertisement spotted at the site of high school graduation ceremonies

"Austin ISD has the highest graduation rate of every major city in Texas."

Mostly False

By W. Gardner Selby • June 10, 2016

Jack Berry
stated on April 6, 2016 a candidates forum

Richmond teachers have not gotten a raise "for almost 10 years."

Mostly False

By Sean Gorman • April 18, 2016

David Jolly
stated on April 4, 2016 a statement on his campaign website

Race to the Top grants "require participating states to adopt the Common Core standards as a condition for receiving federal funding."

Mostly False

By Joshua Gillin • April 8, 2016

Bernie Sanders
stated on March 30, 2016 a CNN interview

Says his free public university tuition program "is paid for … by a tax on Wall Street's speculation."

Mostly False

By Lauren Carroll • April 4, 2016

Viral media reports
stated on March 22, 2016 Newspaper, television and social media

Emory University students were provided counseling after someone wrote "Trump 2016" in chalk on campus.

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By Jim Tharpe • March 31, 2016

John McCain
stated on January 4, 2016 a newspaper interview

The Every Student Succeeds Act "did away basically with Common Core."

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By Anthony Cave • February 29, 2016

Donald Trump
stated on January 26, 2016 comments at the University of Iowa

"We’re spending tremendous amounts of money to educate our kids. In the world, we're No. 1 per pupil by a factor of four."

Mostly False

By Daniel Lathrop • February 9, 2016

Terry McAuliffe
stated on December 17, 2015 a speech.

"We are taking Virginia’s investment in public education to the highest level in the commonwealth’s history."

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By Warren Fiske • January 11, 2016

Scot Ross
stated on December 13, 2015 a television interview

Under Scott Walker, Wisconsin "moved from 16th to third in percentage of people with student loan debt."

Mostly False

By James B. Nelson • January 8, 2016

Neil Cavuto
stated on November 12, 2015 a broadcast of "Cavuto Coast to Coast" on Fox Business Network

Taking all the money of the top 1 percent wouldn’t keep Medicare going for three years.

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By Jon Greenberg • November 19, 2015

Jeb Bush
stated on October 28, 2015 the CNBC GOP presidential debate

"In Florida, we have the lowest in-state tuition of any state."

Mostly False

By Amy Sherman • October 30, 2015

Rick Scott
stated on October 14, 2015 a press conference

"We have the highest funding in (the) K-12 system in the history of the state."

Mostly False

By Joshua Gillin • October 15, 2015

American Bridge 21st Century
stated on August 10, 2015 a press release

Says Marco Rubio’s "proposed college affordability overhaul would specifically benefit for-profit colleges."

Mostly False

By Joshua Gillin • August 12, 2015

Rick Perry
stated on July 2, 2015 a speech at the National Press Club

"Texas’ high school graduation rate went from 27th in the country in 2002, to second highest in the country in 2013."

Mostly False

By W. Gardner Selby • July 20, 2015

Scott Walker
stated on June 2, 2015 a speech

Thanks to the Act 10 collective bargaining law that took effect four years ago, ACT scores in Wisconsin "are now second-best in the country for states where more than half the kids take the exam."

Mostly False

June 12, 2015

EMILY's List
stated on May 14, 2015 a column on Medium

Says Jeb Bush "once held $1 million in family planning grants hostage until the programs receiving the money agreed not to discuss birth control at all."

Mostly False

By Joshua Gillin • May 20, 2015

Katrina Shankland
stated on May 6, 2015 a news release

"Republicans have already cut our neighborhood public schools three budgets in a row."

Mostly False

By Dave Umhoefer • May 11, 2015

Rick Santorum
stated on April 10, 2015 a speech to the NRA

Says Howard Zinn, "an anti-American Marxist," wrote "the most popular textbook that's taught in our high schools in America."

Mostly False

By Louis Jacobson • April 15, 2015

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