Latest Stories By Jeffrey S. Solochek

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House chaplain’s office, Florida Capitol in Tallahassee, 3-7-2024

DeSantis said public schools were religious when U.S. began. Is he right?

Before signing into law a measure allowing religious chaplains in public schools, 
Gov. Ron DeSantis said the initiative brought Florida closer to what the nation’s 
founders wanted for educating youth.
 “When education in the United States first started, every school was a religious 
school. That was just part of it. Public schools were religious schools,” […]
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Fact-checking attacks on Common Core school standards

PolitiFact affiliates, including those in Florida and Georgia, have looked at claims about Common Core, school standards that are being adopted by more than 40 states. Some of the attacks received a failing grade.

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Fact-checking attacks on Common Core school standards

We look at alarming claims about Common Core, school standards that are being adopted by more than 40 states. Some of the attacks received a failing grade.

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Fact-checking attacks on Common Core school standards

PolitiFact Florida recently looked at alarming claims about Common Core, school standards that are being adopted by more than 40 states. Some of the attacks received a failing grade.

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He didn’t stand in the way, but he didn’t always lead

The former Arkansas governor says he had the "most impressive" education record among the GOP pack. But open-ended superlatives are tough to prove, especially when you've got critics.
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Frustration with forms

Clinton and Richardson are right that Americans are frustrated with long college aid forms, but their numbers don't add up.
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Why Romney likes No Child Left Behind

Mitt Romney backs the Bush administration's key education accountability reforms, saying that high-stakes testing has worked wonders for his state.
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Unfair grades for rural schools

Courting rural voters, Edwards paints a (too) bleak picture of their schools as he pushes reforms.
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