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."

By Tom Kertscher • 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."

By Tom Kertscher • 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.

By Tom Kertscher • 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."

By Tom Kertscher • 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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