Fact Check Posts – Page 8

Hillary Clinton
stated on August 23, 2015 a tweet

"Not one of the 17 GOP candidates has discussed how they'd address the rising cost of college."

By Joshua Gillin • August 26, 2015

Facebook posts
stated on August 11, 2015 a meme

Scott Walker "had a 2.3 GPA when he was asked to leave Marquette University for cheating."

August 11, 2015

Alex McMurtrie Jr.
stated on May 7, 2015 a campaign flyer.

State legislators "quietly shifted $2 billion from education to road building" in 2013.

By Warren Fiske • May 18, 2015

Ben Carson
stated on April 22, 2015 a speech

"There are more young black males involved in the criminal justice system than there are in higher education."

May 5, 2015

Greg Steube
stated on April 2, 2015 a Florida House judiciary committee hearing

"You know how many children in the history of the United States have died in a fire (at school)? Zero."

By Amy Sherman, Joshua Gillin • April 6, 2015

Susan Stimpson
stated on March 28, 2015 a Facebook post.

Virginia House Speaker Bill Howell is "allied to group pushing MIXED SEX BATHROOMS in Stafford Schools."

By Sean Gorman • April 6, 2015

George P. Bush
stated on January 30, 2015 remarks at a "school choice" rally outside the Texas Capitol

A "majority of our students are trapped in" underperforming schools.

By W. Gardner Selby • March 12, 2015

Scott Walker
stated on February 27, 2015 an interview

"I unsealed my records" at Marquette University.

March 12, 2015

Scott Walker
stated on March 1, 2015 an interview

The University of Wisconsin System "will be much more affordable than just about any other campus in America" because "going forward we have a cap on it tied to inflation."

By Dave Umhoefer • March 9, 2015

Florida Badass Teachers Association
stated on February 10, 2015 a statement to the Miami Herald

Florida students take "an array of standardized high stakes tests which eat up as much as 45 school days per year."

By Amy Sherman • February 18, 2015

Gail Collins
stated on February 15, 2015 a column

Says award-winning Milwaukee Public Schools teacher Megan Sampson was laid off because Gov. Scott Walker cut state aid to education.

By James B. Nelson • February 17, 2015

Peter Feigin
stated on January 6, 2015 a speech

The Milwaukee Bucks are "actually younger than the Marquette team."

By James B. Nelson • January 9, 2015

Jeb Bush
stated on December 1, 2014 a Wall Street Journal CEO Council event

"The pass rate for a high school level test to join the military" is 35 to 40 percent.

By Amy Sherman • December 9, 2014

Dave Brat
stated on October 28, 2014 a debate

"In K-12 education, our kids are scoring at the bottom of science and mathematics right now in the industrialized world -- at the bottom."

By Nancy Madsen • November 2, 2014

Greater Wisconsin Committee
stated on October 27, 2014 a TV ad

"Scott Walker opposed a plan to help Wisconsin students refinance their student loans."

October 29, 2014

Ernest Almonte
stated on October 19, 2014 a television commercial

Seth Magaziner "plans to spend billions more of your money."

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • October 29, 2014

Scott Walker
stated on October 20, 2014 a campaign TV ad

"My opponent supported policies that increased tuition by 18 percent."

By Dave Umhoefer • October 27, 2014

Nathan Deal
stated on October 13, 2014 television attack ad

"Jason Carter’s plan: increase spending by $12.5 billion."

By April Hunt, Nancy Badertscher • October 20, 2014

Mike Hymes
stated on July 16, 2014 a TV ad

Del. Ben Chafin "took money away" from Southwest Virginia schools while voting to build a "politician's palace."

By Nancy Madsen • August 11, 2014

Michael Bloomberg
stated on August 3, 2014 comments on CBS' "Face the Nation"

Africa is spending "the highest percentage of their GDP on education of any part of the world."

By Derek Tsang • August 7, 2014

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