Latest Fact-checks in Education Clear Any Rating True Mostly True Half True Mostly False False Pants on Fire Full Flop Half Flip No Flip Any Speaker Any Date Range Last 3 Months Last 6 Months Last 12 Months 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 Any Category Kari Lake stated on September 20, 2022 in a tweet: Said Katie Hobbs “fought to” “prevent students from learning (about) the Pledge of Allegiance, Constitution, Mayflower Compact and Declaration of Independence.” Deidre DeJear stated on October 19, 2022 in a tweet: "Kim Reynolds doesn’t think nurses are educated." Tom Horne stated on September 14, 2022 in a debate: “Kids are resistant to COVID as opposed to older people.” Joe Biden stated on October 23, 2022 in a forum with Now This: Student loan forgiveness is “passed. I got it passed by a vote or two. And it’s in effect.” Tucker Carlson stated on October 18, 2022 in a tweet: “The CDC is about to add the COVID vaccine to the childhood immunization schedule, which would make the vax mandatory for kids to attend school.” Tony Evers stated on October 6, 2022 in Campaign email: Says “Tim Michels wants to defund public education — calling it ‘the definition of insanity’ to continue to fund public schools.” Tim Michels stated on September 4, 2022 in Twitter: Says Tony Evers is “a career politician.” Marco Rubio stated on September 14, 2022 in an ad: Val Demings "voted to allow transgender youth sports and teaching radical gender identity without parental consent." Instagram posts stated on September 30, 2022 in a post: "Florida schools (were) still open during the start of the hurricane." Tom Horne stated on August 21, 2022 in a tweet: Under Kathy Hoffman, “student test scores plummeted. Even before COVID, under the current regime, over half of Arizona students were not proficient in reading or math.” Kathy Hoffman stated on July 28, 2022 in a tweet: “Since 2019, I've successfully lobbied for the funds to add hundreds of school counselors, lowering our student to school counselor ratio by 20%.” Elizabeth Warren stated on August 28, 2022 in an interview on CNN: "40% of the folks who have student loans do not have a college diploma, four-year diploma. These are people who are truck drivers and who are nail technicians and nurses’ aides.” Facebook posts stated on August 11, 2022 in Facebook post: “With the combined salary of the 87,000 new IRS Agents ($81,456 average annual salary), you could put a police officer ($55,117) in every public school in the nation (97,568) and still have 31,007 police officers or $1,709,012,819 left over.” Facebook posts stated on August 29, 2022 in a Facebook page: The IRS is hiring 87,000 new agents to police people who will owe more federal tax after having their student loans forgiven. American Action Network stated on August 26, 2022 in an ad: Joe Biden's student debt forgiveness plan is a "bailout for rich kids." Charlie Kirk stated on August 24, 2022 in a Tweet: “Harvard is sitting on top of a $54 billion hedge fund they call an ‘endowment’ that they pay zero taxes on. Yale has $31 Billion. Stanford $29 Billion. Princeton $26 Billion.” Facebook posts stated on August 22, 2022 in a Facebook post: Sarasota, Florida, teachers told they cannot purchase books, accept donated reading materials, order from Scholastic or hold book fairs. Miguel Cardona stated on August 21, 2022 in an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press": "Adjusted for inflation, over the last 25 years teachers have made a $29 increase in their salary." Viral image stated on August 21, 2022 in a tweet: Image shows "Florida's anti-woke banned book list." Kari Lake stated on July 7, 2022 in an ad: "Karrin Taylor Robson gave illegals tuition discounts and made us pay for it." Greg Abbott stated on May 15, 2022 in a tweet: Texas' public high school graduation rate is at 90% overall. Ron DeSantis stated on June 30, 2022 in a press release: The Civics Secures Democracy Act “would allow the Biden administration to buy off states with $6 billion” if they adopt critical race theory. Stephen King stated on July 6, 2022 in a tweet: Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis “signs bill requiring Florida students, professors to register political views with (the) state.” Monica Crowley stated on June 12, 2022 in an interview with Fox News: Soviet and Chinese communists have “grabbed control” of U.S. entertainment, movies, television, music, academia, K-12 education and the news media. Glenn Grothman stated on May 21, 2022 in Newsletter: "Nearly 60% of all student loan debt is held by the rich and upper-middle class," so forgiveness would give the wealthy a "financial windfall" but not really help low-income people. Bobby Scott stated on May 18, 2022 in a committee hearing.: “Public schools are now as segregated by race and class as they were in the 1960s.” Facebook posts stated on May 31, 2022 in a Facebook post: Illinois high school to implement race-based grading system in 2022-2023 school year Facebook posts stated on May 26, 2022 in a photo on Facebook: With the $53 billion spent in Ukraine aid, the U.S. “could pay five SWAT members $80,000 each and have them at EVERY school front door.” X posts stated on May 29, 2022 in a tweet: TV interviews with two different men who are each identified as Uvalde victim's father show the Robb Elementary School mass shooting was staged. Ted Cruz stated on May 24, 2022 in remarks to the media: “We know from past experiences that the most effective tool for keeping kids safe is armed law enforcement on the campus.”
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Kari Lake stated on September 20, 2022 in a tweet: Said Katie Hobbs “fought to” “prevent students from learning (about) the Pledge of Allegiance, Constitution, Mayflower Compact and Declaration of Independence.” Deidre DeJear stated on October 19, 2022 in a tweet: "Kim Reynolds doesn’t think nurses are educated." Tom Horne stated on September 14, 2022 in a debate: “Kids are resistant to COVID as opposed to older people.” Joe Biden stated on October 23, 2022 in a forum with Now This: Student loan forgiveness is “passed. I got it passed by a vote or two. And it’s in effect.” Tucker Carlson stated on October 18, 2022 in a tweet: “The CDC is about to add the COVID vaccine to the childhood immunization schedule, which would make the vax mandatory for kids to attend school.” Tony Evers stated on October 6, 2022 in Campaign email: Says “Tim Michels wants to defund public education — calling it ‘the definition of insanity’ to continue to fund public schools.” Tim Michels stated on September 4, 2022 in Twitter: Says Tony Evers is “a career politician.” Marco Rubio stated on September 14, 2022 in an ad: Val Demings "voted to allow transgender youth sports and teaching radical gender identity without parental consent." Instagram posts stated on September 30, 2022 in a post: "Florida schools (were) still open during the start of the hurricane." Tom Horne stated on August 21, 2022 in a tweet: Under Kathy Hoffman, “student test scores plummeted. Even before COVID, under the current regime, over half of Arizona students were not proficient in reading or math.” Kathy Hoffman stated on July 28, 2022 in a tweet: “Since 2019, I've successfully lobbied for the funds to add hundreds of school counselors, lowering our student to school counselor ratio by 20%.” Elizabeth Warren stated on August 28, 2022 in an interview on CNN: "40% of the folks who have student loans do not have a college diploma, four-year diploma. These are people who are truck drivers and who are nail technicians and nurses’ aides.” Facebook posts stated on August 11, 2022 in Facebook post: “With the combined salary of the 87,000 new IRS Agents ($81,456 average annual salary), you could put a police officer ($55,117) in every public school in the nation (97,568) and still have 31,007 police officers or $1,709,012,819 left over.” Facebook posts stated on August 29, 2022 in a Facebook page: The IRS is hiring 87,000 new agents to police people who will owe more federal tax after having their student loans forgiven. American Action Network stated on August 26, 2022 in an ad: Joe Biden's student debt forgiveness plan is a "bailout for rich kids." Charlie Kirk stated on August 24, 2022 in a Tweet: “Harvard is sitting on top of a $54 billion hedge fund they call an ‘endowment’ that they pay zero taxes on. Yale has $31 Billion. Stanford $29 Billion. Princeton $26 Billion.” Facebook posts stated on August 22, 2022 in a Facebook post: Sarasota, Florida, teachers told they cannot purchase books, accept donated reading materials, order from Scholastic or hold book fairs. Miguel Cardona stated on August 21, 2022 in an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press": "Adjusted for inflation, over the last 25 years teachers have made a $29 increase in their salary." Viral image stated on August 21, 2022 in a tweet: Image shows "Florida's anti-woke banned book list." Kari Lake stated on July 7, 2022 in an ad: "Karrin Taylor Robson gave illegals tuition discounts and made us pay for it." Greg Abbott stated on May 15, 2022 in a tweet: Texas' public high school graduation rate is at 90% overall. Ron DeSantis stated on June 30, 2022 in a press release: The Civics Secures Democracy Act “would allow the Biden administration to buy off states with $6 billion” if they adopt critical race theory. Stephen King stated on July 6, 2022 in a tweet: Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis “signs bill requiring Florida students, professors to register political views with (the) state.” Monica Crowley stated on June 12, 2022 in an interview with Fox News: Soviet and Chinese communists have “grabbed control” of U.S. entertainment, movies, television, music, academia, K-12 education and the news media. Glenn Grothman stated on May 21, 2022 in Newsletter: "Nearly 60% of all student loan debt is held by the rich and upper-middle class," so forgiveness would give the wealthy a "financial windfall" but not really help low-income people. Bobby Scott stated on May 18, 2022 in a committee hearing.: “Public schools are now as segregated by race and class as they were in the 1960s.” Facebook posts stated on May 31, 2022 in a Facebook post: Illinois high school to implement race-based grading system in 2022-2023 school year Facebook posts stated on May 26, 2022 in a photo on Facebook: With the $53 billion spent in Ukraine aid, the U.S. “could pay five SWAT members $80,000 each and have them at EVERY school front door.” X posts stated on May 29, 2022 in a tweet: TV interviews with two different men who are each identified as Uvalde victim's father show the Robb Elementary School mass shooting was staged. Ted Cruz stated on May 24, 2022 in remarks to the media: “We know from past experiences that the most effective tool for keeping kids safe is armed law enforcement on the campus.”
Kari Lake stated on September 20, 2022 in a tweet: Said Katie Hobbs “fought to” “prevent students from learning (about) the Pledge of Allegiance, Constitution, Mayflower Compact and Declaration of Independence.”
Deidre DeJear stated on October 19, 2022 in a tweet: "Kim Reynolds doesn’t think nurses are educated."
Tom Horne stated on September 14, 2022 in a debate: “Kids are resistant to COVID as opposed to older people.”
Joe Biden stated on October 23, 2022 in a forum with Now This: Student loan forgiveness is “passed. I got it passed by a vote or two. And it’s in effect.”
Tucker Carlson stated on October 18, 2022 in a tweet: “The CDC is about to add the COVID vaccine to the childhood immunization schedule, which would make the vax mandatory for kids to attend school.”
Tony Evers stated on October 6, 2022 in Campaign email: Says “Tim Michels wants to defund public education — calling it ‘the definition of insanity’ to continue to fund public schools.”
Marco Rubio stated on September 14, 2022 in an ad: Val Demings "voted to allow transgender youth sports and teaching radical gender identity without parental consent."
Instagram posts stated on September 30, 2022 in a post: "Florida schools (were) still open during the start of the hurricane."
Tom Horne stated on August 21, 2022 in a tweet: Under Kathy Hoffman, “student test scores plummeted. Even before COVID, under the current regime, over half of Arizona students were not proficient in reading or math.”
Kathy Hoffman stated on July 28, 2022 in a tweet: “Since 2019, I've successfully lobbied for the funds to add hundreds of school counselors, lowering our student to school counselor ratio by 20%.”
Elizabeth Warren stated on August 28, 2022 in an interview on CNN: "40% of the folks who have student loans do not have a college diploma, four-year diploma. These are people who are truck drivers and who are nail technicians and nurses’ aides.”
Facebook posts stated on August 11, 2022 in Facebook post: “With the combined salary of the 87,000 new IRS Agents ($81,456 average annual salary), you could put a police officer ($55,117) in every public school in the nation (97,568) and still have 31,007 police officers or $1,709,012,819 left over.”
Facebook posts stated on August 29, 2022 in a Facebook page: The IRS is hiring 87,000 new agents to police people who will owe more federal tax after having their student loans forgiven.
American Action Network stated on August 26, 2022 in an ad: Joe Biden's student debt forgiveness plan is a "bailout for rich kids."
Charlie Kirk stated on August 24, 2022 in a Tweet: “Harvard is sitting on top of a $54 billion hedge fund they call an ‘endowment’ that they pay zero taxes on. Yale has $31 Billion. Stanford $29 Billion. Princeton $26 Billion.”
Facebook posts stated on August 22, 2022 in a Facebook post: Sarasota, Florida, teachers told they cannot purchase books, accept donated reading materials, order from Scholastic or hold book fairs.
Miguel Cardona stated on August 21, 2022 in an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press": "Adjusted for inflation, over the last 25 years teachers have made a $29 increase in their salary."
Viral image stated on August 21, 2022 in a tweet: Image shows "Florida's anti-woke banned book list."
Kari Lake stated on July 7, 2022 in an ad: "Karrin Taylor Robson gave illegals tuition discounts and made us pay for it."
Greg Abbott stated on May 15, 2022 in a tweet: Texas' public high school graduation rate is at 90% overall.
Ron DeSantis stated on June 30, 2022 in a press release: The Civics Secures Democracy Act “would allow the Biden administration to buy off states with $6 billion” if they adopt critical race theory.
Stephen King stated on July 6, 2022 in a tweet: Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis “signs bill requiring Florida students, professors to register political views with (the) state.”
Monica Crowley stated on June 12, 2022 in an interview with Fox News: Soviet and Chinese communists have “grabbed control” of U.S. entertainment, movies, television, music, academia, K-12 education and the news media.
Glenn Grothman stated on May 21, 2022 in Newsletter: "Nearly 60% of all student loan debt is held by the rich and upper-middle class," so forgiveness would give the wealthy a "financial windfall" but not really help low-income people.
Bobby Scott stated on May 18, 2022 in a committee hearing.: “Public schools are now as segregated by race and class as they were in the 1960s.”
Facebook posts stated on May 31, 2022 in a Facebook post: Illinois high school to implement race-based grading system in 2022-2023 school year
Facebook posts stated on May 26, 2022 in a photo on Facebook: With the $53 billion spent in Ukraine aid, the U.S. “could pay five SWAT members $80,000 each and have them at EVERY school front door.”
X posts stated on May 29, 2022 in a tweet: TV interviews with two different men who are each identified as Uvalde victim's father show the Robb Elementary School mass shooting was staged.
Ted Cruz stated on May 24, 2022 in remarks to the media: “We know from past experiences that the most effective tool for keeping kids safe is armed law enforcement on the campus.”
