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Truth or Fiction?→ ‘Starting Today Illinois Schools Can No Longer Ban Cornrows, Locs, Afros and Braids from School’
On January 3 2022, Say Cheese Digital published a Facebook post and tweet claiming that as of that date, the state of Illinois would prohibit schools from banning “cornrows, locs, afros, and braids”: Starting today Illinois schools can n
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: FEMA Did NOT Forcibly Vaccinate Autistic Children In NY School — School, FEMA Denies It
Did the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) vaccinate autistic children at the Rockland Institute for Special Education (RISE), a special education school in New York, without their parents' consent? No, that's not true: Both RISE
Full Fact→ Iain Duncan Smith’s figures on school absence are out of date
The Centre for Social Justice, which I chair, produced figures the other day which were shocking, which is about the nature of the effect on pupils—particularly pupils from poorer backgrounds, where literally absence has grown by 55% during the
Snopes→ Schools Step Up Security in Response to Threats on TikTok
Educators announced plans to increase security in response to TikTok posts warning of shooting and bomb threats at schools around the country as officials assured parents the viral posts were not considered credible.
Snopes→ Yes, South Dakota Teachers Competed for Money for School Supplies
Teachers got on their knees and grabbed one dollar bills in a pit at a hockey game.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: First Bible Printed In America Was Not Printed By Congress For Use In Public Schools
Was the first Bible to be printed in America published by Congress? And was the intention for that Bible to be used in public schools? No, that's not true: This meme has several inaccuracies. The first complete Bible to be printed in the
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Michigan School Shooter Pretending To Be A Sheriff
Does a video show the Michigan school shooter pretending to be a sheriff? No, that's not true: A video taken inside a classroom at Oxford High School on November 30, 2021, shows students refusing to open the door to a person outside, fear
Snopes→ Authorities: Student Kills 3, Wounds 6 at Michigan School
A 15-year-old sophomore opened fire at his Michigan high school, killing three students and wounding six other people, including a teacher.
PolitiFact→ Bloggers – FBI search didn’t target woman because of her role in school board politics
The FBI targeted a woman and searched her home because she “protested local school board, elections.”
Snopes→ Police: 3 Students Shot in Denver-Area School Parking Lot
Three students were shot during a fight in the parking lot of a high school in the Denver suburb of Aurora, the police chief said, only days after six teenagers from a nearby campus were shot and injured at a park.
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – No, the FBI isn’t adding ‘threat tags’ for parents who protest school boards
“The FBI is using its counterterrorism division to investigate and add ‘threat tags’ to parents who are protesting school boards.”
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: COVID Vaccine Spike Proteins Are NOT Shedding From Vaccinated To Unvaccinated School Children
Are spike proteins from COVID-19 vaccines being shed from vaccinated children and infecting unvaccinated ones? No, that's not true: There is no publicly available evidence the Pfizer mRNA COVID-19 vaccine causes vaccinated persons to cast
Snopes→ 6 Teens Injured in Drive-By Shooting Near Denver Area School
The victims, who range in age from 14 to 18, are all students at Aurora Central High School in Aurora, a diverse city east of Denver, said police chief Vanessa Wilson.
Health Feedback→ Article misrepresents WHO guidance regarding vaccination at schools; the WHO recommends that parents must be informed about the vaccination
REVIEW In November 2019, an article published on the website Signs of the Times (SOTT), rated as a Conspiracy-Pseudoscience source by Media Bias/Fact Check, claimed that the World Health Organization (WHO) considers the presence of a child in school
Poynter→ Schools aren’t giving kids the COVID-19 vaccine without parental consent
Now that the U.S. has authorized Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine for kids ages 5-11, children across the country are getting vaccinated. But some people are claiming that schools can vaccinate kids without their parents’ consent. In a video by Infowar
Logically→ Two school children in the U.K. died suddenly following the COVID-19 vaccine rollout.
Social media users have been told not to speculate on the cause of the boys' deaths, which have not yet been determined.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Gov. DeSantis Did NOT Say FL Schools Would Not Require Any Vaccinations Against Infectious Diseases — Only COVID-19
Did Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis say that Florida schools would no longer require vaccinations against polio, measles and mumps for its students? No, that's not true: DeSantis has only said that Florida schools will not require students to b
Snopes→ Were Backpacks Banned After a School Shooting?
Students in Idaho used snow sleds, grocery carts, and laundry baskets to carry their books following the backpack ban.
Snopes→ Nikolas Cruz Pleads Guilty to 2018 Parkland School Massacre
Nikolas Cruz pleaded guilty to murder in the 2018 high school massacre in Parkland, Florida, that left 17 dead.
Snopes→ Hail, Mary! High School’s Halftime Show is a Drag Pageant
A Vermont high school homecoming football game turned into a “drag ball" runway at halftime.
Snopes→ Florida Teachers Slow To Download School Shooting Panic Button App
The app's developer said some are afraid the app will be used by employers to track them — but it won't.
Snopes→ Texas School Administrator Told Teachers To Include Books with ‘Opposing’ Views of Holocaust
Teachers are concerned they will be punished for stocking classrooms with books addressing slavery, racism, and other issues.
Washington Post→ The false GOP claim that the Justice Dept. is spying on parents at school board meetings
In interviews, congressional hearings, campaign ads and social media, Republicans falsely claim that the Justice Department will be cracking down on parents expressing disagreement at their local school board meetings.
Snopes→ Nursing Schools See Applications Rise, Despite COVID Burnout
Nurses around the U.S. are getting burned out by the COVID-19 crisis and quitting, yet applications to nursing schools are rising, driven by what educators say are young people who see the global emergency as an opportunity and a challenge.
Snopes→ Police: Student Opens Fire at Texas High School; 4 Hurt
Two people were shot and two others had unspecified injuries.
Snopes→ Texas High School on Lockdown Amid Reports of Shooting
Timberview High School was on lockdown Wednesday morning.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Illinois Vaccine Protesters Were NOT High School Students Who ‘Quit’ — Protesters Were Adults, At District Office
Did high school students in Crystal Lake, Illinois, protest a COVID-19 vaccine mandate by quitting and leaving their shoes outside the school? No, that's not true: The photo was taken outside the Crystal Lake Elementary District 47 School
Full Fact→ Claim that up to 135,000 children have not returned to school needs more context
A Sunday Times article, published on 3 October, claimed new figures show that between 95,000 and 135,000 children did not return to school in the autumn term. The Sunday Times said this figure does not include “normal absences” or children
Snopes→ California Pushes 1st US Vaccine Mandate for Schoolchildren
California will enact the nation’s first coronavirus vaccine mandate for schoolchildren, aiming to have all students in seventh through 12th grades vaccinated by next fall.
Snopes→ School Board Group Asks US for Help Policing Threats
Parents and community members have been disrupting meetings and threatening board members in person, online and through the mail.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: 39 School Bus Drivers In Oswego, Illinois, Did NOT Quit Over Vaccine Mandate
Did 39 school bus drivers and monitors from School District 308 quit their jobs in defiance of a vaccine mandate on September 21, 2021? No, that's not true: Thirty percent of the district's school bus drivers did call in sick in the early
Snopes→ COVID-19 Creates Dire US Shortage of Teachers, School Staff
In some areas, principals are filling in as crossing guards, teachers are being offered signing bonuses, and schools are moving back to online learning.
Snopes→ Did Alice Cooper’s ‘School’s Out’ Album Come Wrapped in Panties?
A piece of rock 'n' roll memorabilia caught the internet's attention in 2021.
Snopes→ Facebook Allows Promotion of ‘Fake Masks’ for Children in Schools
In this special investigation, we also found nearly 100 comparisons of mask-wearing to Nazi Germany in the Let Them Breathe Facebook group.
Logically→ Public and Private schools in Punjab are closed until September 30 due to COVID-19.
Because of the festive season, Punjab extended COVID-19 limitations till September 30; however, the restrictions did not affect school operations.
Snopes→ School Starts for 1 Million NYC Kids Amid New Vaccine Rules
School started for about a million New York City public school students in the nation's largest experiment of in-person learning during the coronavirus pandemic.
Snopes→ Los Angeles Schools Mandate Vaccines for 630,000 Students
Students age 12 and older in the Los Angeles school system must be vaccinated before they can return to classrooms next year under one of the toughest anti-COVID mandates enacted in the nation.
Snopes→ North Carolina Has 170 COVID Clusters in Schools, Centers
Districts without mask-wearing requirements are seeing substantially more spread of the virus and hours of lost learning among students.
Full Fact→ Data doesn’t show parents will ‘insist’ on children wearing masks to school
Millions of children return to classes in England, Wales and Northern Ireland today amid fears of a similar spike in Covid cases to Scotland - as 23% of parents of secondary pupils will insist their children wear masks. Mail Online, 6 September 2021.