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All Fact-checks for Education

Instagram posts

stated on May 22, 2023 in a post

Video shows boxes of books removed from a middle school library that were “banned by the DeSantis regime in Florida.”

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stated on May 24, 2023 in a Twitter Spaces event

“There's not been a single book banned in the state of Florida.”

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stated on May 21, 2023 in a TV interview

“Just last year,” Miami-Dade Public Schools “had over 14,000 new children, 10,000 of which came from four countries of Cuba, Nicaragua, Venezuela and Haiti.”

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stated on May 9, 2023 in a news conference

The New York state budget covers 96% of eligible preschoolers

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stated on May 10, 2023 in a CNN town hall

“Many of these teachers are soldiers, ex-soldiers, ex-policeman.”

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stated on April 6, 2023 in a video shared on Facebook

U.S. public schools don't teach the Declaration of Independence.

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North Carolina state House Democratic Caucus

stated on February 8, 2023 in a tweet

“North Carolina ranks last in the country in K-12 funding.”

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Brandon Creighton

stated on March 19, 2023 in Interview with WFAA

When discussing education savings accounts, "We would be 31st in the nation to have these policies going forward on behalf of kids.”

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Tommy Tuberville

stated on March 2, 2023 in a speech at the CPAC conference

"Half the kids in this country, when they graduate, can’t read their diploma.”

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stated on February 3, 2023 in a news release

New York City Mayor Eric Adams proposes to “ban chocolate milk.”

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stated on February 7, 2023 in a news release

“Lifetime earnings of someone with a college degree is over a million dollars more than those entering the workforce without one.”

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stated on March 2, 2023 in a speech at CPAC

The Justice Department has been “calling parents that are concerned about what their kids are being taught, they are labeling them terrorists.”

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stated on February 20, 2023 in a Facebook post

Canada has only “had 11 school shooting deaths … in history.”

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Winsome Earle-Sears

stated on February 2, 2023 in a radio interview.

Brown v. Board of Education “was never about sending Black children to white schools. It was about parents being able to decide where to send their children to school.”

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stated on January 16, 2023 in a tweet

Gov. Abbott “signed a bill last year eliminating the requirements for Texas schools to teach MLK’s ‘I have a dream’ speech.”

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stated on February 7, 2023 in his State of the Union address

"Studies show that children who go to preschool are nearly 50% more likely to finish high school and go on to earn a two- or four-year degree, no matter their background they came from."

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stated on February 7, 2023 in a tweet

Joe Biden closed schools during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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stated on December 27, 2022 in Twitter

"During my time in office, we've increased per pupil aid by more than $300 per student. Now, our schools have returned to the top 10 in the country after falling to 17 under the previous administration.”

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Marjorie Taylor Greene

stated on February 1, 2023 in a House committee hearing

Illinois “received $5.1 billion at an elementary school there that used it for equity and diversity.”

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stated on January 5, 2023 in Twitter

“Let’s be clear: ‘drag shows’ are strip shows.”

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Fact-checking Ron DeSantis' 2024 presidential campaign kickoff on Twitter Spaces with Elon Musk

Fact-checking Ron DeSantis' 2024 presidential campaign kickoff on Twitter Spaces with Elon Musk

By Matthew Crowley • May 24, 2023

Here's what AFT’s Randi Weingarten said about reopening schools during COVID-19

Here's what AFT’s Randi Weingarten said about reopening schools during COVID-19

By Madison Czopek • May 2, 2023

Ask PolitiFact: Is Hakeem Jeffries right about the GOP’s stance on book-banning?

Ask PolitiFact: Is Hakeem Jeffries right about the GOP’s stance on book-banning?

By Louis Jacobson • March 30, 2023

Fact-checking 6 claims in Joe Biden’s budget speech on the economy, taxes and Medicare

Fact-checking 6 claims in Joe Biden’s budget speech on the economy, taxes and Medicare

By Louis Jacobson • March 10, 2023

'Indoctrination'? Banning Black history? Unraveling competing claims about rejected Florida AP class

'Indoctrination'? Banning Black history? Unraveling competing claims about rejected Florida AP class

By Yacob Reyes • January 25, 2023

Checking claims in Iowa Gov. Reynolds’ sixth Condition of the State address

Checking claims in Iowa Gov. Reynolds’ sixth Condition of the State address

By Emily Delgado • January 11, 2023

PolitiFact Wisconsin’s recent ‘High Five’ fact checks

PolitiFact Wisconsin’s recent ‘High Five’ fact checks

By D.L. Davis • January 9, 2023

Debunking, rebuttals didn’t stop claim about litter boxes in schools from spreading before midterms

Debunking, rebuttals didn’t stop claim about litter boxes in schools from spreading before midterms

By Madison Czopek • December 15, 2022

Por qué la afirmación de Ron DeSantis sobre 'tierra robada' es incorrecta

Por qué la afirmación de Ron DeSantis sobre 'tierra robada' es incorrecta

By Yacob Reyes • November 7, 2022

Politifact Wisconsin’s top campaign season claims on abortion, other hot-button issues

Politifact Wisconsin’s top campaign season claims on abortion, other hot-button issues

By Madeline Heim • November 7, 2022

Verificamos 10 afirmaciones del debate entre Ron DeSantis y Charlie Crist para gobernador de Florida

Verificamos 10 afirmaciones del debate entre Ron DeSantis y Charlie Crist para gobernador de Florida

By Yacob Reyes • October 25, 2022

Fact-checking attacks from Ron DeSantis and Charlie Crist in Florida's only gubernatorial debate

Fact-checking attacks from Ron DeSantis and Charlie Crist in Florida's only gubernatorial debate

By Yacob Reyes • October 24, 2022

State spending, school funding, abortion: fact-checking Iowa’s gubernatorial debate

State spending, school funding, abortion: fact-checking Iowa’s gubernatorial debate

By Natalie Dunlap • October 19, 2022

Is Joe Biden’s student debt forgiveness plan legal?

Is Joe Biden’s student debt forgiveness plan legal?

By Louis Jacobson • August 30, 2022

Fact-checking statistics about Biden's student loan forgiveness plan

Fact-checking statistics about Biden's student loan forgiveness plan

By Jeff Cercone • August 26, 2022

Evers-O-Meter update of Evers promises, Part 2

Evers-O-Meter update of Evers promises, Part 2

By D.L. Davis • July 25, 2022

Fact-checking misinformation about the Uvalde school shooting

Fact-checking misinformation about the Uvalde school shooting

By Madison Czopek • May 27, 2022

Why it’s not ‘grooming’: What research says about gender and sexuality in schools

Why it’s not ‘grooming’: What research says about gender and sexuality in schools

By Madison Czopek • May 11, 2022

On student loan forgiveness, Joe Biden has many options

On student loan forgiveness, Joe Biden has many options

By Jon Greenberg • May 6, 2022

How a math worksheet about Maya Angelou became falsely associated with critical race theory

How a math worksheet about Maya Angelou became falsely associated with critical race theory

By Gabrielle Settles • May 2, 2022

Latest promises about Education

Make HBCUs, TCUs, and under-resourced MSIs more affordable for their students

Forgive student loan debt from public colleges and universities

Double value of Pell Grants

Offer universal preschool to 3- and 4-year-olds

Use evidence to determine COVID-19 openings and closings

Make 2 years of community college or a high-quality training program tuition-free

Make public colleges and universities tuition-free for families who make less than $125,000

Expand services for people during and after incarceration

Stop for-profit education programs from profiteering off of students

Add additional federal investment of $20 billion toward School Choice

Dramatically scale back the U.S. Education Department

Eliminate Common Core

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