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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 “Tim Michels wants to defund public education — calling it ‘the definition of insanity’ to continue to fund public schools.”

Publisher’s rating: Mostly False

PolitiFactEducation

Video shows Oklahoma students “sucking on the toes of adults.”

Publisher’s rating: False

PolitiFactEducation

“Democrats voted to send reopening money to schools that refuse to reopen.”

Publisher’s rating: Half True

PolitiFactEducation

"During my time in office, we've increased per pupil aid by more than $300 per student. Now, our schools have returned to the top 10 in the country after falling to 17 under the previous administration.”

Publisher’s rating: Half True

Joe BidenEducation

"I did not oppose busing in America. What I opposed is busing ordered by the Department of Education."

Publisher’s rating: Mostly False

PolitiFactEducation

Says Gov. Tony Evers vetoed a school computer program, "saying it would be better spent in urban districts like Madison and Milwaukee."

Publisher’s rating: False

PolitiFactEducation

Project 2025 would defund K-12 schools.

Publisher’s rating: Half True

PolitiFactEducation

“Biden to teachers: ‘They're not somebody else's children. They're yours when you're in the classroom.’”

Publisher’s rating: False

PolitiFactEducation

"Half the kids in this country, when they graduate, can’t read their diploma.”

Publisher’s rating: Mostly False

PolitiFactEducation

“More white legacy students get admitted to top universities than Black & Latinx students admitted through affirmative action.”

Publisher’s rating: Half True

PolitiFactEducation

“Joe Biden wants to end school choice.”

Publisher’s rating: Mostly False

PolitiFactEducation

Dan Forest wants to use tax dollars “to help rich people send their kids to private school using vouchers.”

Publisher’s rating: Half True

PolitiFactEducation

Said Columbia University has told students, “Well, if you’re Jewish, maybe you do want to stay home.”

Publisher’s rating: False

PesaCheckEducation

Machakos University has launched degree program in witchcraft

Publisher’s rating: Satire

PolitiFactEducation

“Colorado school forces students to wear hijabs.”

Publisher’s rating: False

PolitiFactEducation

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz “forced schools to stock tampons in boys’ bathrooms.”

Publisher’s rating: Mostly False

PolitiFactEducation

With federal stimulus money for schools, “no distinctions are being made between Wisconsin schools that remain closed to in-person learning, and those that have been re-opened for months.”

Publisher’s rating: Mostly False

PolitiFactEducation

Video shows boxes of books removed from a middle school library that were “banned by the DeSantis regime in Florida.”

Publisher’s rating: False

FactCheck.orgEducation

“It’s not healthy for these students to be sitting there all day, 6-year-old kids in kindergarten covered in masks."

Publisher’s rating: No Evidence

PolitiFactEducation

"Some states have “tried to ban teaching Latino and Hispanic history.”

Publisher’s rating: Mostly False