Fact Check Posts – Page 8

Rick Santorum
stated on April 10, 2015 in 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."

By Louis Jacobson • April 15, 2015

H. Marlene O'Toole
stated on March 12, 2015 in House Education Appropriations Committee Hearing:

The delay in school testing "was not that of a vendor, the problem was not that of the test materials itself, it was the product of a cyber attack."

By Amy Sherman • March 16, 2015

Jeb Bush
stated on February 27, 2015 in a CPAC appearance:

Eliminating affirmative action in admissions in Florida led to "more African American and Hispanic kids attending our university system" than before.

By Joshua Gillin • March 11, 2015

Bloggers
stated on February 12, 2015 in a headline on DownTrend.com:

"Students In Fla. High School Forced To Recite Islamic Prayer, Make Prayer Rugs."

By Joshua Gillin • February 24, 2015

Barack Obama
stated on January 22, 2015 in an interview with YouTube celebrity Bethany Mota:

"The reason we even have colleges is that at some point there were politicians who said, ‘You know what? We should start colleges.’ "

By Louis Jacobson • February 3, 2015

Mark Warner
stated on December 3, 2014 in an interview.:

Regarding sexual assault against women, "It’s actually safer not to be in college than it is to be in college."

By Sean Gorman • January 4, 2015

Everytown for Gun Safety
stated on December 10, 2014 in a recent report:

Georgia has had 12 school shootings in the two years since the mass killing at Sandy Hook Elementary School, more than any other state.

By April Hunt • December 19, 2014

Glenn Grothman
stated on November 30, 2014 in an interview:

"A single parent with a couple kids can easily get $35,000 a year" in public assistance in Wisconsin.

By Tom Kertscher • December 12, 2014

Jeb Bush
stated on October 27, 2014 in a fundraising letter:

"1/3 of our kids drop out (of high school), cannot go to college or start a career."

By Louis Jacobson • November 6, 2014

Dan Patrick
stated on October 22, 2014 in a TV ad, "Better Schools":

Leticia Van de Putte "voted to stop schools from removing teachers convicted of a felony."

By W. Gardner Selby • October 29, 2014

Rick Scott
stated on October 15, 2014 in a debate at Broward College:

"3,000 teachers lost their jobs when (Crist) was governor."

By Amy Sherman, Lauren Carroll • October 16, 2014

Leticia Van de Putte
stated on September 29, 2014 in a debate:

The state-hired company that evaluates state-mandated student exams "goes on Craigslist to get examiners to read our students’ essays."

By W. Gardner Selby • October 2, 2014

Greg Abbott
stated on September 19, 2014 in a debate in the Rio Grande Valley.:

A 2011 measure passed into law with Wendy Davis’ support "removes from the attorney general the ability to settle lawsuits just like" the school funding case.

By W. Gardner Selby • September 30, 2014

Joni Ernst
stated on September 28, 2014 in a debate:

"94 percent of those that are employed by the Department of Education at the federal level were deemed by the department as nonessential employees."

By Louis Jacobson • September 30, 2014

Charlie Crist
stated on September 16, 2014 in a TV ad:

Says Rick Scott cut education by over a billion dollars, meaning thousands of teachers "lost their jobs" and "class sizes went up."

By Amy Sherman • September 22, 2014

Matt Mackowiak
stated on September 8, 2014 in an opinion column:

In Texas public schools, "we spend an average of $12,000 per pupil per year."

By W. Gardner Selby • September 12, 2014

Wisconsin State AFL-CIO
stated on August 31, 2014 in a direct-mail piece:

"Scott Walker has given a $10,000 tax deduction to millionaires who send their kids to exclusive private schools."

By Tom Kertscher • August 31, 2014

Ron Johnson
stated on May 28, 2014 in statement at a town hall meeting:

"Kids coming from an affluent background" are "taking advantage of all these student loan programs and grants" while many middle-class families with no connection to college are picking up the tab.

By Devon Waugh • August 13, 2014

Ralph Mollis
stated on August 10, 2014 in a TV debate:

"The per-pupil cost in the [Blackstone Valley Prep] Mayoral Academy far outweighs the per-pupil cost in Cumberland public schools."

By Karen Lee Ziner • August 7, 2014

Charlie Crist
stated on July 31, 2014 in a campaign commercial:

Says Rick Scott "raised property taxes."

By Joshua Gillin • August 1, 2014

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