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Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Biden Did NOT Describe African-American, Hispanic Workers As ‘Workers Without High School Diplomas’
Did President Joe Biden describe African-American and Hispanic workers and veterans as "workers without high school diplomas"? No, that's not true: He was talking about unemployment rates for different groups of people. "Workers without h
Logically→ Video of Bakrid celebration in Karnataka school viral with false communal spin
Full Fact→ What happened to school rebuilding funding when Rishi Sunak was chancellor?
Annual spending on school rebuilding in England fell by 41% between 2019-20 and 2021-22—but that figure doesn’t tell the whole story.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: 2,000 Kids NOT Missing From Maui A Month After 2023 Wildfires — School Enrollment Data ≠ Missing Persons Data
Were 2,000 kids missing in Maui a month after the wildfires of August 2023? No, that's not true: There are not 2,000 missing children on the island of Maui, Hawaii Governor Josh Green's office told Lead Stories on September 11, 2023. The
Full Fact→ Starmer’s education speech warned of school buildings starting to ‘crumble’
The Prime Minister suggested that Keir Starmer didn’t mention RAAC in a recent speech on education.
Full Fact→ What do the figures on persistent absence from school show?
We’ve looked into the data after a series of claims regarding pupil absence rates in England were made on BBC Radio 4’s Today programme.
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – Do these photos show kids practicing satanism in public schools? No, they’re AI-generated
Photos are evidence of “satanism in public schools.”
The Dispatch→ The New School Closures
Despite getting millions in pandemic aid, not all schools are equipped to stay open.
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – False rumors about gunshots fired at a South Carolina high school spread on social media
“Shots fired T.L Hanna High School 1 seriously injured.”
Truth or Fiction?→ Massachusetts Millionaires’ Tax and Free School Lunches
On August 13 2023, a post about a Massachusetts “millionaire tax” funding school lunches appeared on Reddit’s r/politics: Massachusetts passed a 4% millionaire’s tax last year. Now every public school student is going
PolitiFact→ Ron DeSantis – DeSantis says he removed critical race theory from K-12 schools, but districts say it wasn’t taught
“We’ve eliminated critical race theory in our K through 12 schools.”
FactCheck.org→ Post Distorts Florida School Policy on ‘Romeo and Juliet’
Quick Take A Florida school district is allowing students to read only excerpts of “Romeo and Juliet” in class — not passages with sexual content. But a Facebook post incorrectly suggests all Florida high schools are removing the
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: U.S. Public Schools STILL Teach Declaration Of Independence
Does the U.S. public education system no longer teach the Declaration of Independence? No, that's not true: American public schools still teach the Declaration of Independence as a foundational document in American history and government.
The Dispatch→ Oklahoma’s New Catholic Charter School, Explained
St. Isidore would be funded with taxpayer money, which raises First Amendment questions.
Truth or Fiction?→ That ‘PragerU in Schools’ Press Release is an Obvious Publicity Stunt
On July 24 2023 several Twitter accounts tweeted about “PragerU in schools,” citing a press release issued in relation to right-wing disinformation purveyor Dennis Prager’s foray into the educational system: FFS: PragerU Says Flori
PolitiFact→ Kamala Harris – Do Florida school standards say ‘enslaved people benefited from slavery,’ as Kamala Harris said?
Florida “decided middle school students will be taught that enslaved people benefited from slavery.”
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – Hell of a school day: Photos don’t show kids in a satanic club. They were made with AI
Photos show children wearing satanic clothing and participating in a satanic club.
AllSides→ No, Ron DeSantis’ high school yearbook quote does not mention ‘Sir-Mixes-a-Lot’
https://apnews.com/article/fact-check-ron-desantis-yearbook-quote-mixes-567798280436 CLAIM: The quote b
AllSides→ Social Media Posts Fabricate DeSantis High School Yearbook Quote
https://www.factcheck.org/2023/07/social-media-posts-fabricate-desantis-high-school-yearbook-quote/ Ear
FactCheck.org→ Social Media Posts Fabricate DeSantis High School Yearbook Quote
Quick Take Earlier this year, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ high school yearbook photo was posted to Reddit by a person claiming to be a former schoolmate. But Instagram posts show an altered version of the yearbook entry that includes a fake qu
The Dispatch→ Pennsylvania’s U-Turn on School Choice
Democratic Gov. Josh Shapiro sinks his own school voucher program.
ABC News / AP Fact Check→ No, Ron DeSantis’ high school yearbook quote does not mention ‘Sir-Mixes-a-Lot’
CLAIM: The quote below Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ high school yearbook photo reads: “My Mount Rushmore is Jesus, Sir-Mixes-a-Lot, and Nintendo 64.”
Full Fact→ Government figures don’t show 140,000 children were ‘completely missing’ from formal schooling last year
Labour MP Ian Mearns told us his claim was based on a Sky News report which said around 140,000 were “never in class”. But that’s not what the data shows, and both have corrected their claims.
Full Fact→ No evidence for MP’s claim 100,000 ‘ghost kids’ disappeared from school rolls in pandemic
Bob Seely MP made the claim during a debate in parliament.
Full Fact→ England has fewer teachers relative to the number of school pupils than in 2010
The government’s announcement that there are a record number of teachers is missing important context.
FactCheck.org→ A Florida School Restricted Access to Amanda Gorman’s Poem, But Didn’t ‘Ban’ It
Quick Take Following a parent’s complaint, one K-8 school in Florida restricted access to a poem by Amanda Gorman that she had read at the 2021 presidential inauguration. The school moved the book in its library to a shelf for upper-grade stu
The Dispatch→ School Daze
Ron DeSantis has lost ground with his base of college-educated Republicans. Continue reading School Daze »
Logically→ No, Medical schools in North Carolina are not performing gender transition surgeries on toddlers
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – Video of books removed from a Florida middle school were old, not censored
Video shows boxes of books removed from a middle school library that were “banned by the DeSantis regime in Florida.”
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Poet Amanda Gorman’s Book Was NOT Restricted In More Than One Elementary School In Florida County
Was a book by Amanda Gorman, the youngest poet to perform her work at a U.S. presidential inauguration, banned from public elementary schools in Miami-Dade County in Florida? No, that's not quite right: The book version of Gorman's inaugu
AllSides→ Amanda Gorman says her inaugural poem has been banned by Miami-Dade school
https://thehill.com/blogs/in-the-know/4018143-amanda-gorman-says-her-inaugural-poem-has-been-banned-by-miami-dade-school/
AllSides→ A Fla. school restricted poet Amanda Gorman’s book. Here’s what to know.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2023/05/24/florida-amanda-gorman-inauguration-poem/ As a wave
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – Amanda Gorman poem moved to middle school shelves in one library, not banned in Miami-Dade County
“Miami-Dade County has banned” Amanda Gorman’s poem “from elementary schools.”
PolitiFact→ Francis Suarez – Miami mayor is right: Miami-Dade public schools have seen sharp increase in new immigrant students
“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.”
AllSides→ Biden’s Education Secretary Insists He Didn’t Support Mandatory COVID Vaccines for Schoolchildren
https://freebeacon.com/biden-administration/fact-check-bidens-education-secretary-insists-he-didnt-support-mandatory-covid-vaccines-for-schoolchildren/
AllSides→ Biden’s Education Secretary Insists He Didn’t Support Mandatory COVID Vaccines for Schoolchildren
https://freebeacon.com/biden-administration/fact-check-bidens-education-secretary-insists-he-didnt-support-mandatory-covid-vaccines-for-schoolchildren/
Full Fact→ School statistics don’t show 140,000 children ‘never came back’ after pandemic disruption
A figure quoted in the Sun by Baroness Karren Brady is the number of pupils who missed at least 50% of sessions last summer, not the number who’ve disappeared completely.
The Dispatch→ Fact Check: Images of Satanist Schooling in Libraries Are Digitally Generated
Picture via Getty Images Images are circulating online that purport to show demonic figures in libraries instructing children in the ways of Satanism. These images were generated using artificial intelligence software and are not real.
Logically→ No, this photo does not show King Charles with the Dunblane school shooter