Latest Fact-Checks In Education

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Beto O'Rourke
Beto O'Rourke
stated on November 19, 2021 a rally
"Right now, in the average Texas fourth grade classroom, 7 out of 10 kids cannot read at grade level."
Mostly True
By Nusaiba Mizan • January 28, 2022
Winsome Earle-Sears
Winsome Earle-Sears
stated on January 17, 2022 a TV interview
“The Loudoun County School Board spent about $300,000 (last year) … to bring CRT in some form or fashion to the school system.”
Mostly False
By Warren Fiske • January 24, 2022
Glenn Youngkin
Glenn Youngkin
stated on January 17, 2022 a speech.
Virginia’s “education standards for math and reading are now the lowest in the nation.”
Half-True
By Warren Fiske • January 21, 2022
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on November 18, 2021 an article
The FBI targeted a woman and searched her home because she “protested local school board, elections.”
Mostly False
By Monique Curet • November 23, 2021
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on November 8, 2021 in a CNN interview
"In 2015, when Terry McAuliffe was governor, the Virginia Department of Education promoted incorporating critical race theory lens in education...They were trying to indoctrinate kids.”
Mostly False
By Gabrielle Settles • November 16, 2021
Steve Chabot
Steve Chabot
stated on October 21, 2021 a hearing of the House Judiciary Committee
We are seeing “the Justice Department treat American parents as domestic terrorists” under the Patriot Act.
False
By Jon Greenberg • October 22, 2021
Democratic Party of Wisconsin
Democratic Party of Wisconsin
stated on September 13, 2021 Instagram
“The Walker-Kleefisch administration slashed $800 million from public schools."
Mostly False
By D.L. Davis • October 22, 2021
Glenn Youngkin
Glenn Youngkin
stated on September 2, 2021 a newspaper column.
“Virginia has the lowest standards for math and reading of all 50 states.”
Half-True
By Warren Fiske • October 20, 2021
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on October 13, 2021 a Facebook post
"Tennessee new law passed 48 hours ago now makes it illegal to teach Black history in the grades K-12."
Mostly False
October 19, 2021
Glenn Youngkin
Glenn Youngkin
stated on October 6, 2021 a TV interview.
“Terry (McAuliffe) calls in his friend Joe Biden to actually put the DOJ on Virginia parents.”
Pants on Fire!
By Warren Fiske • October 12, 2021
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on October 5, 2021 a tweet
"Joe Biden’s attorney general wants the FBI to go after parents for speaking out at school board meetings to protect kids from radical curriculum like critical race theory."
False
By Jon Greenberg • October 11, 2021
Viral image
Viral image
stated on October 4, 2021 an Instagram post
President Joe Biden cut “$30 billion to Black colleges and universities.”
False
October 7, 2021
Larry Elder
Larry Elder
stated on August 31, 2021 a CNN interview
“I don’t believe the science suggests that young people should be vaccinated. I don’t believe that young people should have to wear masks at school. I’m not sure the science is settled on that at all.”
False
By Chris Nichols • September 11, 2021
Occupy Democrats
Occupy Democrats
stated on September 1, 2021 on social media
Texas “ranks 50th in baby wellness checks, ranks 50th in clinical care for infants, ranks 50th in uninsured women, ranks 43rd in maternal mortality, ranks 44th in school funding per child, and ranks 46th in child hunger.”
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • September 8, 2021
Instagram posts
Instagram posts
stated on August 13, 2021 an Instagram post
Says a report of unvaccinated Florida teachers dying from COVID-19 isn’t real.
False
By Gabrielle Settles • August 20, 2021
Viral image
Viral image
stated on August 11, 2021 a Facebook post.
Image shows Harvard email terminating a student over social media accounts.
Pants on Fire!
By Jason Asenso • August 18, 2021
Glenn Youngkin
Glenn Youngkin
stated on August 6, 2021 a radio interview.
“We watched Terry McAuliffe, when he was governor, lower the (accreditation) standards in our schools...”
Mostly True
By Warren Fiske • August 18, 2021
Rachel Campos-Duffy
Rachel Campos-Duffy
stated on August 7, 2021 Twitter
Says of UW-Madison, "It cost the university $50k (your tax dollars) to remove" a rock considered by some a symbol of racism.
Pants on Fire!
By Laura Schulte • August 14, 2021
Terry McAuliffe
Terry McAuliffe
stated on July 21, 2021 a TV ad
“Under Terry McAuliffe (there was a) record investment in education.”
Mostly False
By Warren Fiske • August 2, 2021
Instagram posts
Instagram posts
stated on June 21, 2021 an Instagram post
“California has a personal belief exemption to any new vaccine added to the schedule after June 2015 for public and private daycare, preschool and K-12.”
False
By Shasha Hupka • July 23, 2021
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