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Latest Fact-Checks In Education

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Bloggers
stated on September 16, 2019 in a viral meme:
Says Elizabeth Warren “was paid $400,000 to teach one class.”
Half-True
By Bill McCarthy • September 18, 2019
Marianne Williamson
stated on July 28, 2019 in an appearance on CBS's "Face the Nation":
“We are the only advanced industrialized nation that bases our educational funding on property taxes.”
Half-True
By Bill McCarthy • July 31, 2019
Tony Evers
stated on April 3, 2019 in a tweet:
“More than a million Wisconsinites have voted to raise their own property taxes because Republicans have failed to fully fund our public schools for the past eight years.”
Half-True
By Eric Litke, Mica Soellner • May 17, 2019
Natasha Marcus
stated on May 8, 2019 in a speech on the Senate floor:
Says there’s “no wait list” for private school vouchers
Half-True
By Paul Specht • May 16, 2019
Justice Democrats
stated on April 25, 2019 in a tweet:
Says Joe Biden “voted for the Iraq War, for mass incarceration, and for the Bankruptcy Reform Act while voting against gay marriage, reproductive rights, and school desegregation.”  
Half-True
By Jon Greenberg • April 26, 2019
Beto O'Rourke
stated on March 14, 2019 in a campaign stop in Iowa:
“Nearly half of public school teachers in Texas are working a second or a third job, not for kicks, not for extra spending cash, but just to make ends meet.”
Half-True
By Miriam Valverde • March 19, 2019
Vicky Hartzler
stated on February 1, 2019 in a claim on Facebook and Twitter:
Says the University of Missouri “has been cleared of involvement” in academic fraud involving student athletes.
Half-True
By Laura Murgatroyd • March 16, 2019
Tony Evers
stated on September 25, 2018 in a campaign ad:
Says he “raised graduation rates to nearly 90 percent.”
Half-True
By D.L. Davis • October 31, 2018
Scott Walker
stated on September 20, 2018 in a TV ad:
Says Tony Evers will “raise property taxes, raise income taxes and raise gas taxes by as much as a dollar a gallon.”
Half-True
By Tom Kertscher • October 11, 2018
AFSCME People
stated on September 5, 2018 in an ad:
Says Mike DeWine took $40,000 from ECOT and “did nothing while the online for-profit school lied about enrollment and took millions meant for our kids.”
Half-True
By Amy Sherman • September 12, 2018
A Stronger Wisconsin
stated on August 20, 2018 in a TV ad:
“When two judges said it was illegal to fire a teacher” who viewed pornography at school, “Tony Evers worked with Republicans and Democrats and changed the law.”  
Half-True
By Tom Kertscher • September 12, 2018
Greater Wisconsin Committee
stated on August 20, 2018 in a TV ad:
“When the law stopped Tony Evers from revoking a teacher’s license for viewing pornography, Tony worked with lawmakers from both parties to change the law so offenders could be kicked out of the classroom.”  
Half-True
By Tom Kertscher • August 29, 2018
Wannabe Entertainment
stated on August 7, 2018 in a blog post:
“LeBron’s ‘I Promise School’ To Cost Taxpayers Millions Of Dollars Every Year”
Half-True
By Heaven Taylor-Wynn • August 9, 2018
Republican Party of Wisconsin
stated on August 1, 2018 in a radio ad:
Says Tony Evers “didn’t revoke the license of a teacher caught spreading pornography and commenting on the bodies of middle-school girls.”
Half-True
By Tom Kertscher • August 6, 2018
Kelda Helen Roys
stated on May 28, 2018 in a radio interview:
“There are a lot of private charters. And in fact, (Tony Evers) sought and received the largest charter school grant in the country from the Trump-DeVos administration to start new charter schools in Wisconsin.”
Half-True
By Anna Groves • July 3, 2018
Patty Murray
stated on May 8, 2018 in a Senate subcommittee hearing:
“Each year ICE detains someone, it costs taxpayers over $50,000. For comparison, by the way, that’s four times the amount the federal government spends on each child in our public schools.”
Half-True
By Miriam Valverde • May 11, 2018
Adam Putnam
stated on May 5, 2018 in a Republican candidate forum:
“Welders are coming out of their tech schools at $28 an hour” and “pipefitters are making six figures.”  
Half-True
By Allison Graves • May 10, 2018
Bill Hightower
stated on April 18, 2018 in a debate:
“In Mobile, it’s something like, 1,700 families generate 80 percent of the crime. We know who those families are.”
Half-True
By Manuela Tobias • April 23, 2018
Bloggers
stated on March 16, 2018 in a headline:
“Ohio student suspended for staying in class during National Walkout Day”
Half-True
By Amy Sherman • March 28, 2018
Rick Scott
stated on March 16, 2018 in a letter:
“For the sixth straight year, we have secured record funding for K-12 and state universities.”  
Half-True
By Allison Graves • March 23, 2018
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