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Search results for " Largely for “spiritual reasons,” Nancy Manos started home-schooling her children five years ago and has studiously avoided public schools ever since."

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Fact-checks (24619)

Zack Space stated on September 02, 2010 in a letter:
A bill to save teacher jobs is completely paid for by closing corporate tax loopholes.
By Stephen Koff• October 1, 2010
Valerie Vainieri Huttle stated on September 06, 2011 in at a news conference:
Says "160,000 kids stay home every day because they are afraid to go to school because of bullying."
By Erin O'Neill• September 15, 2011
Alan Grayson stated on September 25, 2010 in a TV ad.:
Says Daniel Webster thinks wives should submit to their husbands.
By Aaron Sharockman• September 28, 2010
Gayle Smith stated on March 09, 2016 in a speech on Capitol Hill:
As a sign of "extraordinary progress," "there are half as many (primary-age) children out of school today as there were 15 years ago."
By Jon Greenberg• March 17, 2016
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."
By Anna Groves• July 3, 2018
Donald Trump stated on June 21, 2016 in a meeting with Christian leaders:
"We don't know anything about Hillary in terms of religion. Now, she's been in the public eye for years and years, and yet there's no — there's nothing out there."
By Neelesh Moorthy• June 24, 2016
Richard Besser stated on February 01, 2015 in comments on ABC's "This Week":
"It used to be that the only children at school who weren't vaccinated were those who had true medical" conditions. "Now there are 19 states that allow personal belief exemptions."
By Katie Sanders• February 1, 2015
Meria Carstarphen stated on March 27, 2014 in press release:
The Austin Independent School District’s graduation rate reached an all-time high of 82.5 percent in 2012.
By Nancy Badertscher• April 2, 2014
Nan Rich stated on May 10, 2014 in a speech:
"$3 billion over the next five years will be taken out of our public schools and be put into vouchers."  
By Amy Sherman• June 19, 2014
Nancy Gordeuk stated on June 22, 2013 in an online posting:
"The Georgia Department of Education has implemented a new policy beginning in August that states that public schools will no longer accept credits from home school entities or non-traditional education centers."
By Janel Davis• August 7, 2013
Victoria Taft stated on December 27, 2010 in a website posting:
Says a Portland school gives Muslim students "their own school provided prayer room, prayer rugs," and lets them "out of class five times a day to pray to Allah."
By Ian K. Kullgren• January 23, 2011
Vicky Hartzler stated on August 14, 2018 in a tweet:
Current school lunch requirements "cause large amounts of food waste and diminished use of school lunches!"
By Kathryn B. Palmer• September 9, 2018
Steve Case stated on July 03, 2011 in an interview on CNN:
"Forty percent of the Fortune 500 were started either by immigrants or children of immigrants."
By Robert Farley• July 6, 2011
Beverly Hall stated on August 10, 2011 in a commentary published in Education Week:
Gains in Atlanta Public Schools scores on a national standardized test lend credence to "dramatic" score increases on state tests.
By Willoughby Mariano• October 7, 2011
L.C. "Buster" Evans stated on November 12, 2014 in in a press release:
"It has been many years, if ever, since an inmate has completed his or her high school diploma while incarcerated in a state correctional facility for adults."
By Nancy Badertscher• December 16, 2014
Jeanne Ives stated on January 15, 2018 in a campaign statement:
Says President Barack Obama advocated "fathers in the home" as the solution to gun violence.
By Brett Chase• January 26, 2018
Hannah Kelly stated on January 29, 2019 in an education budget hearing at the Missouri state capitol:
"The schools in my district don't have a kitchen."
By Gaëlle Fournier• March 14, 2019
Kitty Boitnott stated on December 08, 2010 in a news conference.:
Teachers "are working their third consecutive year -- some longer than that -- without salary increases."
By Warren Fiske• December 17, 2010
Instagram posts stated on March 29, 2023 in an Instagram post:
“The UK has had ZERO school shootings since” it changed its gun laws after a 1996 school shooting.
By Madison Czopek• March 31, 2023
Megyn Kelly stated on February 02, 2015 in a broadcast of "The O'Reilly Factor":
Science is "very certain" that the measles vaccine doesn't cause autism.
By Jon Greenberg• February 3, 2015

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By Lauren Carroll, Katie Sanders, Aaron Sharockman• February 1, 2015

Ask PolitiFact: Children are far less likely to die from COVID-19. Why do they need vaccination?

By Amy Sherman• October 27, 2021

Bill Clinton's DNC speech, annotated

By Joseph Cariz, Adam Thorp• July 27, 2016

George Washington’s lessons and the future of political civility

By Louis Jacobson• February 19, 2018

Fact-checking the Democratic debate in Detroit, night two

By PolitiFact Staff • July 31, 2019

Updating Evers' promises on tax cuts, education spending, expanding broadband and more

By Madeline Heim• July 28, 2021

Fact-checking Sen. Tim Scott's GOP response to President Joe Biden

By Louis Jacobson, Amy Sherman• April 29, 2021

Ask PolitiFact: Why is the COVID-19 vaccine not among required school vaccinations?

By Amy Sherman• August 16, 2021

Mailbag: Bread bag edition

By Louis Jacobson• January 27, 2015

Fact-checking Tim Pawlenty's 'Courage to Stand'

By Angie Drobnic Holan• April 12, 2011

PolitiFact Wisconsin's 'High Five' for December 2019

By D.L. Davis• January 6, 2020

The Democratic debate resurrected controversy over busing. But is it an issue today?

By Louis Jacobson, Amy Sherman• July 3, 2019

Key questions for reopening schools under COVID-19

By Jon Greenberg, Emily Venezky• July 10, 2020

Fact-checking Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds’ Republican response to Biden’s State of the Union speech

By Caleb McCullough, Lyle Muller, Lauren White, Rylee Wilson• March 2, 2022

Wright not Clinton's spiritual adviser

By Robert Farley• April 25, 2008

Hits and misses at the final GOP debate

By Warren Fiske• May 26, 2012

PolitiFact Wisconsin’s recent ‘High Five’ fact checks

By D.L. Davis, Madeline Heim, Laura Schulte• January 9, 2023

All of PolitiFact California’s fact checks on gun violence

By Chris Nichols• February 23, 2018

To stop coronavirus in its tracks, here’s your guide to 5 degrees of separation

By Julie Appleby• March 16, 2020