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Education Fact Checks

1. Fact check/Cary Kennedy on Colorado teacher salaries - May 10, 2018
2. Fact check/Has Michigan fallen in education rankings - Dec 07, 2017
3. Fact check/Tony Evers on University of Wisconsin free speech policy - Nov 14, 2017
4. Fact check/Public school funding in Texas - Sep 27, 2017
5. Fact check/Does research show that federal student aid increases tuition - Aug 14, 2017
6. Fact check/Does Chicago Public Schools receive $500 million less than their enrollment dictates - Jun 16, 2017
7. Fact check/Did Tony Evers fix the achievement gaps in Milwaukee and Madison schools - Mar 31, 2017
8. Fact check/Did Delaware Senate candidate Stephanie Hansen change her position on standardized testing opt-out - Feb 22, 2017
9. Fact check/Is Oregon seriously underfunding education - Feb 03, 2017
10. Fact check/Does Betsy DeVos owe Ohio taxpayers $5 million - Jan 26, 2017
11. Fact check/Has state funding for classroom materials in North Carolina public schools declined - Dec 28, 2016
12. Fact check/Is Oklahoma "at the bottom for education?" - Dec 14, 2016
13. Fact check/Have declines in state funding driven up tuition at public universities - Aug 10, 2016
14. Fact check/Is Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner correct that many Chicago public schools are objectively inadequate - Aug 01, 2016
15. Fact check/Is it true that Detroit public schools outperform Detroit charter schools - Jul 20, 2016
16. Fact check/Did North Carolina teachers see the largest average pay increase in the country in 2014, and was the state ranked 42nd in the country for average teacher pay that year - Jul 11, 2016
17. Fact check/Is Oregon secretary of state candidate Brad Avakian making campaign promises he wouldn’t “actually have the authority to” keep - May 12, 2016
18. Fact check/Did Sen. Kelly Ayotte vote for cuts to Pell Grants and against refinancing student loans - May 03, 2016
19. Fact check/Do Massachusetts charter schools "drain" funding from traditional public schools - Apr 27, 2016
20. Fact check/Has Texas adequately increased public school funding to keep pace with inflation - Mar 01, 2016
21. Fact check/Does Texas House candidate Thomas McNutt want to centralize control of education - Feb 26, 2016
22. Fact check/The achievement gap and graduation rates in New Orleans public schools - Oct 07, 2015

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