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Ted Cruz
stated on May 14, 2016 in 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."

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By Eleanor Dearman • June 26, 2016

Paul Ryan
stated on May 14, 2016 in 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 in 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."

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By Allison Graves • June 10, 2016

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

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

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By W. Gardner Selby • June 10, 2016

Jack Berry
stated on April 6, 2016 in a candidates forum:

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

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By Sean Gorman • April 18, 2016

David Jolly
stated on April 4, 2016 in 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."

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By Joshua Gillin • April 8, 2016

Bernie Sanders
stated on March 30, 2016 in a CNN interview:

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

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By Lauren Carroll • April 4, 2016

Viral media reports
stated on March 22, 2016 in 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 in a newspaper interview:

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

Mostly False

By Anthony Cave • February 29, 2016

Donald Trump
stated on January 26, 2016 in 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 in a speech.:

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

Mostly False

By Warren Fiske • January 11, 2016

Scot Ross
stated on December 13, 2015 in 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 in 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.

Mostly False

By Jon Greenberg • November 19, 2015

Jeb Bush
stated on October 28, 2015 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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

By Tom Kertscher • June 12, 2015

EMILY's List
stated on May 14, 2015 in 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 in a news release:

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

Mostly False

By Dave Umhoefer • May 11, 2015

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