Does a video in a social media post accurately convey Vice President Kamala Harris' full position by using a clip of her saying "more schools, less jails"? No, that's not true: A transcript of her 2013 speech shows the post snipped away t
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FactCheck.org→ Posts Misrepresent States’ Efforts to Teach the Bible in Public Schools
Este artículo estará disponible en español en El Tiempo Latino. Quick Take Oklahoma’s state superintendent ordered public schools to incorporate the Bible as “an instructional support into the curriculum.” But social media p
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: California Bill AB1955 Would NOT Ban Schools, Teachers From Notifying Parents If Their Child Modifies Their Gender Identity
Would California bill AB 1955 ban schools and teachers from notifying parents if their child modifies their gender identity? No, that's not true: The bill prevents teachers from being forced to notify parents of their child's preferred pr
AllSides→ Posts Misrepresent Ruling on COVID-19 School Mandate Lawsuit
https://www.factcheck.org/2024/06/scicheck-posts-misrepresent-ruling-on-covid-19-school-mandate-lawsuit/
FactCheck.org→ Posts Misrepresent Ruling on COVID-19 School Mandate Lawsuit
Este artículo estará disponible en español en El Tiempo Latino. SciCheck Digest A federal appeals court has revived a lawsuit against the Los Angeles Unified School District for its now-rescinded COVID-19 vaccine requirement. The court said t
Full Fact→ Has the percentage of good or outstanding schools risen to 90% under the Conservatives?
It’s technically accurate that 90% of schools are rated good or outstanding, up from 68% under Labour, but changes to the way schools are inspected mean these figures should be treated with caution.
The Dispatch→ How School Choice Upended GOP Politics in Rural Texas
Advocates say statewide runoffs next week will spell big gains for the national school choice movement.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: UK Did NOT Debate Removing The Holocaust From School Curriculums ‘This Week’ In May 2024
Was there a debate that took place in the UK in May 2024 about removing the Holocaust from school curricula? No, that's not true: A social media post making the claim in May 2024 began circulating in 2019. Years earlier, a 2007 report cir
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – No, Colin Kaepernick wasn’t fired from his ‘new high school coaching job’
“Colin Kaepernick was fired from his new high school coaching job after just one season” because "the kids couldn't stand him."
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Irish Police Escorting Schoolchildren Because Of Migrant Camps In Dublin — It Was Field Trip
Does video show Irish police walking with schoolchildren in Dublin to protect them from asylum-seekers living in a tent camp? No, that's not true: The police told Lead Stories that the videos shared on social media showed a routine practi
PolitiFact→ Viral image – Misspelled ‘free Palastine’ spray-painted at Canadian school, not Columbia University
Photo shows “Palestine misspelled on the stairs” of Columbia University.
Full Fact→ Does Conservative London mayoral candidate Susan Hall want to ‘cancel’ free school meals?
We’ve looked at the claim from Labour ahead of this week’s mayoral election.
The Dispatch→ How Competitive High Schools Get Away With Race-Based Admissions
The Supreme Court ended affirmative action for colleges, but entrance policies with racial effects persist at the K-12 level.
PolitiFact→ DeSantis said public schools were religious when U.S. began. Is he right?
Education historians said the notion that the founders intended for a religion-based public schooling system is an increasingly common misconception. The reality isn’t so simple, they said.
PolitiFact→ Megyn Kelly – Fact-checking claim that a Utah Middle school allows students to be ‘terrorized’ by ‘furries’
“School allows students to be terrorized by colleagues who identify as ‘furries’”
PolitiFact→ Kamala Harris – Are 75% of guns used in school shootings found unsecured in homes? Experts say more data is needed
“As many as 75% of school shootings resulted from a gun that was not secured.”
The Dispatch→ The Lasting Effects of COVID on Schooling
Everyone worries about learning loss. Chronic absenteeism is a bigger problem.
The Dispatch→ One Way to Help a Journalism Industry in Crisis: Make J-School History
There are jobs that require a great deal of education. Being a reporter isn’t one of them.
PolitiFact→ Can you ‘say gay’ in Florida schools? Explaining new settlement over LGBTQ+ ‘instruction’
Both LGBTQ+ advocates and conservatives are declaring victory after a settlement over the Florida law that critics and some media dubbed “don’t say gay.” Here’s what you need to know.
AllSides→ Florida School ‘Bans’ Amanda Gorman Poem
https://freebeacon.com/media/fact-check-florida-school-bans-amanda-gorman-poem/ Claim: A school in Flor
The Dispatch→ College or Trade School? How About Both?
Leaving behind the broken ‘either-or’ debate over post-secondary education.
The Dispatch→ Too Cool for School
Higher education. Nuke from orbit, or?
PolitiFact→ Did a Florida school district send permission slips to teach kids Black history? Here are the facts
A Miami school sent parents permission slips for a read-aloud event involving a book "by an African American." The school district said it was complying with a state law that requires consent for extracurriculars, not specifically Black history.
The Dispatch→ School Absenteeism Isn’t Going Anywhere
After skyrocketing during the pandemic, absence levels still haven’t returned to normal.
Full Fact→ Severe absence among school pupils in England increased by 26% last year, not 134%
A since-corrected article in The Spectator about pupil absence contained a number of inaccurate figures.
AllSides→ School Shootings by State
https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/articles/states-with-the-most-school-shootings A Thursday shoot
AllSides→ School Shootings This Year: How Many and Where
https://www.edweek.org/leadership/school-shootings-this-year-how-many-and-where/2024/01 School shooting
AllSides→ Misinformation on Number of School Shootings Fueled by Inconsistent Reporting
https://www.allsides.com/blog/misinformation-number-school-shootings-fueled-inconsistent-reporting Diff
ABC News / AP Fact Check→ Migrants in NYC were temporarily housed in a local school during a storm. The school has not shut down
News that migrants living in a temporary shelter at Floyd Bennett Field, a former airport, would wait out the storm at James Madison High School led some on social media to falsely claim that the move would be long term.
PolitiFact→ Ron DeSantis said a NYC school displaced students to house migrants. Here’s what happened.
During the Iowa debate, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis claimed a NYC school displaced students to house migrants. This characterization omits key details. He’s referring to a single-day displacement because of severe weather. No migrants remain in the sch
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Lia Thomas Was NOT Fired As High School Coach — Claim Is From Satire Site
Was transgender competitive swimmer Lia Thomas fired from her new high school coaching job after two weeks because "half the team quit"? No, that's not true: This claim appeared in an article on a satirical website known for publishing fa
FactCheck.org→ Posts Make Baseless Claim About Deadly Iowa School Shooting
Para leer en español, vea esta traducción de Google Translate. Quick Take A sixth-grade student was killed, five people were injured and the 17-year-old gunman took his own life during a school shooting in Perry, Iowa, on Jan. 4. Social media
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Woman Planning To Sue School Because Son Isn’t Allowed To Identify As A Cat — It’s Satire
Is a mother planning on suing a school because they will not let her son identify as a cat? No, that's not true: The creator of this video on social media has "#satire" in the TikTok caption of her post and "SATIRE ACCOUNT" in her TikTok
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – No, all Gaza school children have not been killed in Israel-Hamas war
Gaza’s education ministry “officially announced the end of the 2023/2024 academic year as all students have been killed.”
PolitiFact→ Jill Billings – Is it true Wisconsin youth-to-school social worker ratio is ‘almost triple’ recommended level?
“With school-based professional social workers, the recommendation is 400-to-1, and in Wisconsin, we’re almost triple that.”
ABC News / AP Fact Check→ Video shows Israeli soldiers raising a flag over a Gaza school building, not a hospital
CLAIM: A video shows Israeli soldiers placing a flag atop Gaza’s Shifa Hospital. AP’S ASSESSMENT: False.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Staged Video Of 3 Girls Beating Up Men In Tunnel Is NOT Real — Shows Stunt School Students
Does a social media video of three young women fighting off multiple men in a tunnel passageway depict an actual event involving Israeli girls -- or, depending on different versions using the same video, French paramilitary women or Turki
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – Video shows Israeli flag planted over boys’ school, not al-Shifa hospital
Video shows Israeli soldiers “raising their flag” over al-Shifa hospital in Gaza.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Colin Kaepernick Was NOT Fired ‘From His New Job As A High School Coach After Only Six Games’ — Satire Story Was Bait
Was Colin Kaepernick "fired from his new job as a high school coach" after only six games because kids couldn't stand him? No, that's not true: The claim is derived from an article copied from a satirical website known for publishing fabr
PolitiFact→ Pink – Banned books in Florida schools: How accurate is a list Pink shared?
These 13 books “have been banned from schools in Florida.”