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Pam Stewart stated on August 19, 2013 in a letter to the editor in the "Miami Herald":
Florida’s "high school graduation rates continue to increase at the fastest rate in the nation, with Florida leading the nation in the rate of Hispanic graduates."
By Amy Sherman• August 23, 2013
Tommy Tuberville stated on March 02, 2023 in a speech at the CPAC conference:
"Half the kids in this country, when they graduate, can’t read their diploma.”
By Louis Jacobson• March 20, 2023
Dan Gelber stated on June 21, 2015 in a Miami Herald op-ed:
"After (Jeb) Bush’s two terms in office, Florida’s graduation rate was dead last and remains near the bottom."  
By Amy Sherman• June 24, 2015
Charlie Crist stated on March 02, 2010 in his State of the State address:
"Our graduation rate is the highest it's ever been."
By Lee Logan• March 3, 2010
Paul Ryan stated on December 04, 2012 in a speech:
"One out of every four students fails to earn a high school diploma. In our major cities across America, half of our kids don’t graduate."
By Tom Kertscher• December 23, 2012
Stanley Litow stated on February 07, 2023 in a news release:
“Lifetime earnings of someone with a college degree is over a million dollars more than those entering the workforce without one.”
By Elizabeth Egan, Marnique O. Panepento• March 8, 2023
Alex Sink stated on July 08, 2010 in a statement on her campaign website:
"Florida’s high school graduation rate falls well below the national average."
By Cristina Silva• July 8, 2010
Rick Perry stated on April 06, 2010 in a press release:
"The percent of students who enter high school and eventually earn a diploma or equivalent, or who remain in pursuit of a diploma or equivalent, is 90 percent."
By Meghan Ashford-Grooms• May 9, 2010
Tom Barrett stated on November 19, 2010 in a newsletter to Milwaukee residents:
"More than 125 jobs have been created" at the Milwaukee Job Corps Center.
By Tom Kertscher• January 5, 2011
Elizabeth Warren stated on August 28, 2022 in an interview on CNN:
"40% of the folks who have student loans do not have a college diploma, four-year diploma. These are people who are truck drivers and who are nail technicians and nurses’ aides.”
By Jon Greenberg• September 13, 2022
Laura Tyson stated on August 15, 2010 in an interview on ABC's "This Week with Christiane Amanpour'':
"Unemployment for those with college educations is now 4.5 percent. Unemployment for those with more than a college education, below 4 percent."
By Louis Jacobson• August 17, 2010
Melissa Johnson stated on August 06, 2015 in a report:
Georgia has the 9th highest rate of adults, ages 18 to 64, without a high school diploma or GED.
By Nancy Badertscher• September 2, 2015
L.C. "Buster" Evans stated on November 12, 2014 in in a press release:
"It has been many years, if ever, since an inmate has completed his or her high school diploma while incarcerated in a state correctional facility for adults."
By Nancy Badertscher• December 16, 2014
Bill Hammond stated on August 21, 2012 in an opinion article in the Houston Chronicle.:
Says "if current trends continue, by 2040, one out of three Texas workers will not have a high school diploma."  
By W. Gardner Selby• September 14, 2012
Clay Pell stated on April 30, 2014 in a campaign website:
"Rhode Island has the highest dropout rate in New England at twenty-three percent."
By Karen Lee Ziner• June 1, 2014
Sacramento Bee Editorial Board stated on February 06, 2013 in an editorial.:
Says Texas ranks last in the percentage of residents with high school diplomas.
By W. Gardner Selby• February 8, 2013
Rick Santorum stated on April 05, 2015 in an interview on "Face the Nation.":
Seventy percent of Americans "don't have a college degree."
By Katharina Fiedler• April 8, 2015
Rudy Moise stated on May 01, 2012 in a campaign website:
The congressional district for Miami-Dade and Broward counties has a "staggering drop-out rate of almost 61 percent."
By Amy Sherman• May 7, 2012
Raphael Warnock stated on October 14, 2022 in a debate:
“Black women are 3 to 4 times more likely to die (from maternal mortality) even when they have the insurance and the income.”
By Louis Jacobson• October 17, 2022
Rick Santorum stated on November 09, 2011 in a Republican presidential debate in Michigan:
"The unemployment rate among (the) non-college-educated is well into the double digits in America. It's 4 percent or 5 percent for people who have college degrees."
By Louis Jacobson• November 10, 2011

Articles (4250)

Tax break extension a Compromise for Perry

By Meghan Ashford-Grooms• July 25, 2011

UPDATED: California pokes at Texas mostly hold up

By Sue Owen, W. Gardner Selby• February 14, 2013

Checking up on Gov. Bob McDonnell’s claims on higher education

By Jacob Geiger• January 31, 2011

Democrats paint different picture of Perry's state

By Meghan Ashford-Grooms• February 10, 2011

Debate preview: Donald Trump, Hillary Clinton and Wisconsin

By Tom Kertscher• September 26, 2016

Chris Christie dredges up old claims in annual speech

By Erin O'Neill, Bill Wichert• January 17, 2012

Fact-checking the Fox debate in South Carolina

By Bill Adair, Angie Drobnic Holan• January 17, 2012

PolitiFact readers respond to our fact-checks related to Biden, Trump

By Jeff Cercone• April 3, 2023

A fresh untruth about tuition for undocumented students

By Sue Owen• May 25, 2012

Rick Perry fulfills, achieves compromises on 54 percent of his campaign promises

By W. Gardner Selby• January 28, 2013

Fact-checking attacks on the DREAM Act

By Robert Farley, Aaron Sharockman• December 8, 2010

Fact-checking attacks on the DREAM Act

By Robert Farley, Aaron Sharockman• December 8, 2010

Fact-checking the Kenosha shootings involving Jacob Blake, Kyle Rittenhouse

By Eric Litke• August 28, 2020

Of Dreamers and drug mules: Rep. King on the DREAM Act

By Jon Greenberg• July 26, 2013

Fact-checking Donald Trump's rally in Wheeling, W.Va.

By Mitchell Blahut, Bob Britten, Louis Jacobson, Emily Martin, Douglas Soule• September 30, 2018

Fact-checking the Democratic debate in Detroit, night two

By PolitiFact Staff • July 31, 2019

A family budget is often invoked in U.S. debt fights. Just how similar is it to a federal budget?

By Louis Jacobson• May 17, 2023

The facts on advertiser boycotts against cable news networks

By Bill McCarthy• July 22, 2019

No, the New York Times has not admitted to peddling ‘fake news’ about most recent Kavanaugh claim

By John Kruzel• September 18, 2019

Candidate for California governor employs fake ads to protest Facebook policy

By Chris Nichols• November 5, 2019