PolitiFact

Rick Scott stated on September 11, 2018 in in a TV ad:

"Fourth grade reading and math scores, first in the nation. Eighth grade reading, first. High school AP classes and college education, both ranked first in the nation."

By Kyra Haas• September 26, 2018

Paula Jean Swearengin stated on September 10, 2020 in a tweet:

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

By Morgan Akers, Rylan Toledo• November 6, 2020

Glenn Youngkin stated on January 17, 2022 in a speech.:

Virginia’s “education standards for math and reading are now the lowest in the nation.”

By Warren Fiske• January 21, 2022

Glenn Youngkin stated on September 02, 2021 in a newspaper column.:

“Virginia has the lowest standards for math and reading of all 50 states.”

By Warren Fiske• October 20, 2021

Glenn Youngkin stated on January 17, 2022 in a speech.:

“Sixty percent of (Virginia's) children don’t meet national proficiency standards…”

By Warren Fiske• February 2, 2022

Beto O'Rourke stated on November 19, 2021 in a rally:

"Right now, in the average Texas fourth grade classroom, 7 out of 10 kids cannot read at grade level."

By Nusaiba Mizan• January 28, 2022

Mitch Carmichael stated on February 14, 2019 in an interview with WV MetroNews:

In West Virginia, "our students enter in at fourth grade the first time they’re tested, 37th or 38th in the nation—which is not good, but it’s not horrible. By the time they’re in the 8th grade, they’re 46th or 47th, and then upon 11th grade testing they’re near last."

By Al Bernardi• April 3, 2019

Marco Rubio stated on June 02, 2010 in comments on his campaign website:

Charlie Crist "bizarrely vetoed" $9.7 million for a teaching hospital at the University of Florida "despite having previously argued the budget request had merit."

By Amy Sherman• June 4, 2010

North Carolina state House Democratic Caucus stated on February 08, 2023 in a tweet:

“North Carolina ranks last in the country in K-12 funding.”

By Paul Specht• April 7, 2023

Jill Underly stated on October 24, 2022 in News release:

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

By Vanessa Swales• December 5, 2022

Rick Scott stated on March 04, 2014 in his State of the State speech:

"All of Florida's four-year state colleges now offer bachelor's degrees for only $10,000."

By Julie Kliegman• March 4, 2014

Mike Parson stated on January 24, 2019 in an interview on KCUR:

"We are always going to need architects, doctors, we’re going to need professionals with four-year degrees. But 65 to 70 percent of the people in Missouri don’t have degrees."

By Magdaline Duncan• March 22, 2019

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

Sheldon Whitehouse stated on April 09, 2013 in a Senate speech published on YouTube:

"Narragansett Bay waters are getting warmer -- 4 degrees Fahrenheit warmer in the winter since the 1960s."

By C. Eugene Emery Jr.• April 28, 2013

Ron Johnson stated on July 17, 2013 in an interview:

On average, college students "are taking six years to get a four-year degree."

By Tom Kertscher• August 11, 2013

Social Media stated on November 20, 2025 in social media posts:

The Trump administration removed nursing from the list of professional degree programs, affecting aspiring nurses’ student loan access.

By Madison Czopek, Loreben Tuquero• November 26, 2025

Tom Luce stated on November 15, 2017 in testimony before the House Select Committee on Economic Competitiveness:

"Only 20 percent of our current graduates from Texas high schools go ahead and achieve either a national certificate or a community college degree -- or a college degree."

By W. Gardner Selby• December 5, 2017

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

Andrew White stated on January 11, 2018 in a public interview with Evan Smith of the Texas Tribune:

"Fifty percent of our new" Texas "teachers don’t have college degrees."

By W. Gardner Selby• January 17, 2018

Scott Walker stated on January 15, 2013 in a speech:

"Nearly a quarter of all adults in this state have some college credit without a degree."

By Dave Umhoefer• January 21, 2013

Follow us

Stand up for the facts!

I would like to contribute

Search results for "怎么买日本熊本保健科學大學学位证【咨询网:ｂｚｗ９８５.ｃｏｍ】南昌怎么办假惠特曼学院文凭毕业证-远东国立人文大学degree（证件网:ｂｚｗ９８５.ｃｏｍ)做个多米尼加护照sJ"

People (0)

Fact-checks (1173)

Articles (550)

Checking claims in Iowa Gov. Reynolds’ sixth Condition of the State address

Fact-checking Ron DeSantis in New Hampshire on education, economy and drugs

Fact-checking attacks from Ron DeSantis and Charlie Crist in Florida's only gubernatorial debate

Dr. Oz holds dual citizenship with Turkey. That’s no bar to a Senate bid

Verificamos 10 afirmaciones del debate entre Ron DeSantis y Charlie Crist para gobernador de Florida

Rick Perry’s count of $10,000 college degrees

Immigrant deaths and the science behind temperatures rising inside parked cars, trucks

By the numbers: Is college worth the cost?

Fact-checking Joe Biden’s CNN drive-in town hall in Pennsylvania

Drilling down on the state economy

The Earth has rapidly warmed over the past century. Can politics slow it?

All about education

Barack Obama, Lyndon Johnson, 6.1 billion hours of tax preparation: PolitiFact Oregon Roundup

McDonnell sums up his term

Who is Robert Mueller? New special counsel leading Russian investigation

Bill Powers says UT places second only to Berkeley nationally in PhDs awarded each year

The guilty verdict against Derek Chauvin, explained

The Senate takes up immigration

The Senate takes up immigration

Primary preview: Checking Santorum's college claim