A new Missouri bill “would put teachers on the sex offense registry if they ‘contribute to social transition’” of transgender students, including by using gender-affirming pronouns.
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PolitiFact→ Viral image – No, viral video doesn’t show Oklahoma students sucking adults’ toes
Video shows Oklahoma students “sucking on the toes of adults.”
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Of Students Wearing Face Masks Was NOT Recorded In 2024 As Post Implies — It Was Filmed In 2021
Does a video circulating on social media in February 2024 show several journalism students who were recently recorded wearing medical-style face masks outdoors? No, that's not true: The video dates back to September 24, 2021 when the Ariz
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: Ministry Of Education In Gaza Did NOT ‘Officially Announce’ End Of 2023/2024 Academic Year ‘As All Students Have Been Killed’
Was the academic year in Gaza suspended because "all students" have died? No, that's not true: Available data suggests that most schoolchildren are still alive, even though the Hamas-Israel war has disrupted their education. While interna
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – Video of students who drank laxative-laced lemonade is fiction, not real life
Video shows the aftermath of a school prank in which students drank lemonade containing “horse laxatives.”
The Dispatch→ Students Call for Genocide, Presidents Smirk
One Kansas City Chiefs fan will have a coming check with a lot of zeros.
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – Viral video of teacher instructing students about gender pronouns is a skit, not authentic
Video shows teacher teaching gender pronouns and being confronted by students
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→ Dean Phillips – How familiar are US students with the Holocaust? Checking Dean Phillips’ claim
"Half of American high school students are not familiar with the Holocaust."
Logically→ Penn and UCLA students did not call for a Jewish genocide
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Ohio Students In Lockdown Due to ‘Skinwalkers’ On September 17, 2023
Does a video show reports of "skinwalkers" sighted at school in Ohio on September 17, 2023? No, that's not true: The claim that there are "skinwalkers" -- a witch in Navajo legend -- in classrooms is not made anywhere during the footage.
PolitiFact→ Paula Congelio – Has West Virginia University increased unfunded aid to students?
West Virginia University has “increased the amount of unfunded institutional aid provided to students and expects this amount to exceed $134 million in 2024.”
PolitiFact→ E. Gordon Gee – Are less than 2% of WVU students affected by the elimination of majors?
“Fewer than 2% of students are impacted whatsoever by the decisions we're making” to cut the budget.
Full Fact→ No, the Prime Minister was not Photoshopped into a picture of University of Kentucky students
Claims that an image shared by Rishi Sunak’s X account was Photoshopped are wide of the mark.
Logically→ Morphed photo used to spread false claims about Manipur students’ murders
Logically→ Jill Biden’s video manipulated to claim students heckled U.S. First Lady
Logically→ No, this photo does not show students’ meals in Rome, Italy
Full Fact→ Most international students enrolling in UK universities have to prove they’re proficient in English
Reform UK politician Alex Phillips claimed international students don’t have to pass an English proficiency test, but many are required to take one.
PolitiFact→ Fox News Channel – ‘Gender Queer’ was on the NEA’s recommended reading list for educators, not students
Gender Queer on NEA Summer Reading List for Kids.
Truth or Fiction?→ British Media Further Spreads Myth About ‘Students Identifying as Cats’
A popular right-wing disinformation trope from the United States targeting LGBTQ teenagers has been re-laundered into political circles in the UK — and all based on a purportedly recorded argument. As the progressive Byline Times and other UK out
PolitiFact→ Joe Biden – Joe Biden overstates the number of K-12 students who speak Spanish
"Twenty-six out of every 100 students” in K-12 speak Spanish.
Logically→ U.K.’s changes to student visa routes don’t specifically target Nigerian students
Truth or Fiction?→ Boston University President Accuses Students of ‘the Cancel Culture’ for Booing Warner Bros. Head
The outgoing president of Boston University lashed out at graduating students who booed and heckled Warner Bros. Discovery chief executive David Zaslav while he was speaking at the university in the midst of a strike by the Writers’ Guild of Amer
Logically→ Clip of students being taught how to perform Namaz is of a play rehearsal
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.”
Truth or Fiction?→ Rep. Jack Kimble: ‘A Whopping 25% of American Students Are in the Bottom …’
On May 21 2023, a Reddit user shared a screenshot of a tweet about American students attributed to a “Rep. Jack Kimble” to the subreddit r/technicallythetruth: Can’t decide if this is satire by u/ShubhamG77 in tec
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Georgia High School Did NOT Teach Students To Create Real ‘Cannibalism’ Business Plan — It Was A Lesson In Satire For English Class
Did a public high school in Georgia implement a "business model" assignment in which students had to devise ways of "raising and eating human babies to solve the world hunger problem?" No, that's not true: At two points in a video intervi
PolitiFact→ American Principles Project – Claim linking Protasiewicz to school policy for trans students widely misses mark
At a Wisconsin school, a 12-year-old girl "was transitioned into a boy by school officials without parental consent," and Protasiewicz supports it.
Truth or Fiction?→ Is Ohio State University Advising Students Against Voting in Person on Election Day for Reasons Related to Financial Aid?
On March 27 2023, journalist Sam Levine tweeted about Ohio State University’s purported warning to students about “voting in person on election day” and their financial aid packages: Wow — Ohio State University is advising stu
The Dispatch→ Harming Students in the Name of Fairness
(Stock photo by Getty Images.)Dropping the SAT for the sake of ‘equity’ forces colleges to rely on admissions standards that benefit wealthy and privileged applicants.Continue reading Harming Students in the Name of Fairness »
The Dispatch→ Is Harvard Medical School Teaching Students to Treat ‘LGBTQIA+’ Infants?
Harvard Medical School. (Photo by: Sergi Reboredo/VW Pics/Universal Images Group /Getty Images.)The treatments in question are only for intersex babies. The post Is Harvard Medical School Teaching Students to Treat ‘LGBTQIA+’ Infants? appeared fi
Logically→ The Malabar Charitable Trust awarded scholarships only to Muslim students.
Scholarships were given to 630 students from different communities. The group has denied claims that students were chosen on the basis of religion.
PolitiFact→ TikTok posts – Harvard medical students aren’t being taught that infants can identify as LGBTQ
Harvard Medical School students “learn how to care for LGBTQIA+ infants.”
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Medical Students At Harvard Are NOT Being Taught That Infants Can Identify As LGBTQIA+
Are students at Harvard Medical School being taught that infants can identify as LGBTQIA+? No, that's not true: The claim distorts the content of a class that helps train students in how to care for infants with physical variations in sex
Truth or Fiction?→ GOP Gubernatorial Hopefuls Regurgitate ‘Students Identifying as Cats’ Smear
A right-wing, fully debunked smear about “students identifying as cats” spread further up the disinformation chain in late September 2022, going from local school gossip to statements from Republican gubernatorial candidates: Right-Wing La
Logically→ Chandigarh University has suspended female students for protesting over the alleged leaked videos.
There have been no reports of students being suspended for staging protests. Chandigarh University has suspended two wardens for negligence.
Logically→ Three students are admitted to the ICU after the Chandigarh University video leak.
Reports state that a few girls who fainted were given medical aid and discharged. None were admitted to the ICU.
Logically→ UK Universities are banning books to protect students from potentially offensive literature.
There is no evidence that books are being banned on university campuses to protect students from challenging content.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show IRS Agents In Training — Event Was For Accounting Students
Does this video show footage of new IRS agents in training? No, that's not true: The footage is from a university event held in 2017 for accounting students that allowed them to perform a mock investigation with IRS Criminal Investigation