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Education fact checks

Explore claims publishers have checked about education. Read their original ratings and follow the evidence.

1,862 published reviews in this topic

PolitiFactEducation

Says that under the law, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio “can’t open” the city’s schools.

Publisher’s rating: Half True

Pesa CheckEducation

Teachers who don't participate in community based learning will still receive pay

Publisher’s rating: TRUE

PolitiFactEducation

Says President Joe Biden cut “$30 billion to Black colleges and universities.”

Publisher’s rating: False

PolitiFactEducation

"Texas teacher fired for reading Diary of Anne Frank to class.”

Publisher’s rating: Half True

PolitiFactEducation

"Schools are trying to make a law that teachers can see girls' private parts to make sure they're not trans."

Publisher’s rating: Mostly False

PolitiFactEducation

“West Virginia is near last in the U.S.” rankings of education, clean drinking water, and child mortality.

Publisher’s rating: Mostly True

FactCheck.orgEducation

"[M]y children went to public schools."

Publisher’s rating: Misleading

PolitiFactEducation

“1977: Biden said integrating black students would turn schools into ‘a jungle… a racial jungle.’”

Publisher’s rating: Half True

PolitiFactEducation

"Twenty-six out of every 100 students” in K-12 speak Spanish.

Publisher’s rating: Half True

PolitiFactEducation

“We’ve eliminated critical race theory in our K through 12 schools.”

Publisher’s rating: Mostly False

PolitiFactEducation

Says a Vox headline said, “teaching children the Bunny Ear method for tying their shoes” is racist.

Publisher’s rating: False

Chris TaylorEducation

Voucher schools have increased property taxes by $1 billion

Publisher’s rating: Mostly False

PolitiFactEducation

Says of UW-Madison, "It cost the university $50k (your tax dollars) to remove" a rock considered by some a symbol of racism.

Publisher’s rating: Pants on Fire

PesaCheckEducation

False. image of UoN students striking over Sonko's arrest

Publisher’s rating: False.

PolitiFactEducation

“All the books” have been removed from the classrooms of a Minnesota middle school because administrators “claim that the books cannot be cleaned.”

Publisher’s rating: False

PolitiFactEducation

“Wisconsin elementary school students buck national trends in ‘National Report Card’ release.”

Publisher’s rating: Mostly False

PolitiFactEducation

Said New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo said that “with all the technology we have, we don't need actual classrooms.”

Publisher’s rating: Mostly True

Maldita.esEducation

El Ministerio de Educación estaría haciendo circular en las Escuelas Públicas los libros 'Anita y sus dos mamás' y 'In bed with David & Jonathan'

Publisher’s rating: Falso

PolitiFactEducation

"Parents that go to school board meetings" and question the curriculum are being "flagged by the Department of Justice and the FBI for attending a meeting."

Publisher’s rating: False

PolitiFactEducation

“666,000 teachers have been laid off already since March."

Publisher’s rating: Mostly False