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PolitiFact→ Unleash Prosperity Now – Attack ad exaggerates effects of school choice bill, Cooper's opposition

2023-09-21 “Gov. Roy Cooper is blocking a pioneering school choice bill that would give thousands of low-income parents the funds to allow their kids to get a high-quality education.” Go to site post…»

Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Biden Did NOT Describe African-American, Hispanic Workers As ‘Workers Without High School Diplomas’

2023-09-15 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 Go to site post…»

Logically→ Video of Bakrid celebration in Karnataka school viral with false communal spin

2023-09-15 Go to site post…»

Full Fact→ What happened to school rebuilding funding when Rishi Sunak was chancellor?

2023-09-12 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. Go to site post…»

Lead Stories→ Fact Check: 2,000 Kids NOT Missing From Maui A Month After 2023 Wildfires — School Enrollment Data ≠ Missing Persons Data

2023-09-11 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 Go to site post…»

Full Fact→ Starmer’s education speech warned of school buildings starting to ‘crumble’

2023-09-06 The Prime Minister suggested that Keir Starmer didn’t mention RAAC in a recent speech on education. Go to site post…»

Full Fact→ What do the figures on persistent absence from school show?

2023-09-01 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. Go to site post…»

PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – Do these photos show kids practicing satanism in public schools? No, they’re AI-generated

2023-09-01 Photos are evidence of “satanism in public schools.” Go to site post…»

The Dispatch→ The New School Closures

2023-08-31 Despite getting millions in pandemic aid, not all schools are equipped to stay open. Go to site post…»

PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – False rumors about gunshots fired at a South Carolina high school spread on social media

2023-08-29 “Shots fired T.L Hanna High School 1 seriously injured.” Go to site post…»

Truth or Fiction?→ Massachusetts Millionaires’ Tax and Free School Lunches

2023-08-14 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 Go to site post…»

PolitiFact→ Ron DeSantis – DeSantis says he removed critical race theory from K-12 schools, but districts say it wasn’t taught

2023-08-14 “We’ve eliminated critical race theory in our K through 12 schools.” Go to site post…»

FactCheck.org→ Post Distorts Florida School Policy on ‘Romeo and Juliet’

2023-08-11 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 Go to site post…»

Lead Stories→ Fact Check: U.S. Public Schools STILL Teach Declaration Of Independence

2023-08-07 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. Go to site post…»

The Dispatch→ Oklahoma’s New Catholic Charter School, Explained

2023-08-07 St. Isidore would be funded with taxpayer money, which raises First Amendment questions. Go to site post…»

Truth or Fiction?→ That ‘PragerU in Schools’ Press Release is an Obvious Publicity Stunt

2023-07-25 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 Go to site post…»

PolitiFact→ Kamala Harris – Do Florida school standards say ‘enslaved people benefited from slavery,’ as Kamala Harris said?

2023-07-24 Florida “decided middle school students will be taught that enslaved people benefited from slavery.” Go to site post…»

PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – Hell of a school day: Photos don’t show kids in a satanic club. They were made with AI

2023-07-21 Photos show children wearing satanic clothing and participating in a satanic club. Go to site post…»

AllSides→ No, Ron DeSantis’ high school yearbook quote does not mention ‘Sir-Mixes-a-Lot’

2023-07-15 https://apnews.com/article/fact-check-ron-desantis-yearbook-quote-mixes-567798280436 CLAIM: The quote b Go to site post…»

AllSides→ Social Media Posts Fabricate DeSantis High School Yearbook Quote

2023-07-15 https://www.factcheck.org/2023/07/social-media-posts-fabricate-desantis-high-school-yearbook-quote/ Ear Go to site post…»

FactCheck.org→ Social Media Posts Fabricate DeSantis High School Yearbook Quote

2023-07-13 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 Go to site post…»

The Dispatch→ Pennsylvania’s U-Turn on School Choice

2023-07-12 Democratic Gov. Josh Shapiro sinks his own school voucher program. Go to site post…»

ABC News / AP Fact Check→ No, Ron DeSantis’ high school yearbook quote does not mention ‘Sir-Mixes-a-Lot’

2023-07-10 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.” Go to site post…»

Full Fact→ Government figures don’t show 140,000 children were ‘completely missing’ from formal schooling last year

2023-07-06 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. Go to site post…»

Full Fact→ No evidence for MP’s claim 100,000 ‘ghost kids’ disappeared from school rolls in pandemic

2023-06-23 Bob Seely MP made the claim during a debate in parliament. Go to site post…»

Full Fact→ England has fewer teachers relative to the number of school pupils than in 2010

2023-06-13 The government’s announcement that there are a record number of teachers is missing important context. Go to site post…»

FactCheck.org→ A Florida School Restricted Access to Amanda Gorman’s Poem, But Didn’t ‘Ban’ It

2023-06-05 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 Go to site post…»

The Dispatch→ School Daze

2023-06-02 Ron DeSantis has lost ground with his base of college-educated Republicans. Continue reading School Daze » Go to site post…»

Logically→ No, Medical schools in North Carolina are not performing gender transition surgeries on toddlers

2023-06-02 Go to site post…»

PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – Video of books removed from a Florida middle school were old, not censored

2023-06-01 Video shows boxes of books removed from a middle school library that were “banned by the DeSantis regime in Florida.” Go to site post…»

Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Poet Amanda Gorman’s Book Was NOT Restricted In More Than One Elementary School In Florida County

2023-05-31 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 Go to site post…»

AllSides→ Amanda Gorman says her inaugural poem has been banned by Miami-Dade school

2023-05-31 https://thehill.com/blogs/in-the-know/4018143-amanda-gorman-says-her-inaugural-poem-has-been-banned-by-miami-dade-school/ Go to site post…»

AllSides→ A Fla. school restricted poet Amanda Gorman’s book. Here’s what to know.

2023-05-31 https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2023/05/24/florida-amanda-gorman-inauguration-poem/ As a wave Go to site post…»

PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – Amanda Gorman poem moved to middle school shelves in one library, not banned in Miami-Dade County

2023-05-31 “Miami-Dade County has banned” Amanda Gorman’s poem “from elementary schools.” Go to site post…»

PolitiFact→ Francis Suarez – Miami mayor is right: Miami-Dade public schools have seen sharp increase in new immigrant students

2023-05-23 “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.” Go to site post…»

AllSides→ Biden’s Education Secretary Insists He Didn’t Support Mandatory COVID Vaccines for Schoolchildren

2023-05-19 https://freebeacon.com/biden-administration/fact-check-bidens-education-secretary-insists-he-didnt-support-mandatory-covid-vaccines-for-schoolchildren/ Go to site post…»

AllSides→ Biden’s Education Secretary Insists He Didn’t Support Mandatory COVID Vaccines for Schoolchildren

2023-05-19 https://freebeacon.com/biden-administration/fact-check-bidens-education-secretary-insists-he-didnt-support-mandatory-covid-vaccines-for-schoolchildren/ Go to site post…»

Full Fact→ School statistics don’t show 140,000 children ‘never came back’ after pandemic disruption

2023-05-11 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. Go to site post…»

The Dispatch→ Fact Check: Images of Satanist Schooling in Libraries Are Digitally Generated

2023-05-09 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.   Go to site post…»

Logically→ No, this photo does not show King Charles with the Dunblane school shooter

2023-05-09 Go to site post…»

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