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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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Mitt Romney stated on September 29, 2011 in a campaign video.:
President Barack Obama, Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid support Rick Perry’s "decision to give in-state tuition to illegal immigrants."
By Sue Owen• November 10, 2011
Rick Perry stated on May 06, 2013 in video remarks to the Family Research Council:
Says Sam Houston opposed slavery and as governor said Texas should not leave the union over slavery.
By Sue Owen• May 22, 2013
Sonny Perdue stated on October 26, 2010 in speeches at schools across the state:
Georgia's high school graduation rate topped 80 percent in 2010.
By Willoughby Mariano• November 12, 2010
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
Raul Torres stated on August 27, 2013 in a campaign video:
Says he would be first CPA to serve as Texas comptroller.
By Sue Owen• September 9, 2013
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
Barack Obama stated on March 20, 2014 in a speech in Orlando:
"Our high school graduation rate is the highest on record."
By Steve Contorno• March 26, 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

Articles (2069)

Tax break extension a Compromise for Perry

By Meghan Ashford-Grooms• July 25, 2011

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

Reports: Ted Cruz aide asked to leave campaign after publicly acknowledging error

By W. Gardner Selby• February 22, 2016

Chris Christie dredges up old claims in annual speech

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

UPDATED: California pokes at Texas mostly hold up

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

A fresh untruth about tuition for undocumented students

By Sue Owen• May 25, 2012

The 2011 legislative session is nearly over. Will Rick Scott come out a winner?

By Aaron Sharockman• May 6, 2011

Donald Trump cites Ronald Reagan as a protectionist hero. Was he?

By Louis Jacobson• July 1, 2016

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

Political group makes five points about Jeb Bush's record

By Joshua Gillin• June 25, 2015

Pot 101: Facts you should know about California’s legal marijuana

By Chris Nichols• January 5, 2018

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

A closer look at an old Bernie Sanders talking point

By Louis Jacobson• July 24, 2015

Impeach a member of Congress? Over 200 years of history say no

By Jon Greenberg• October 7, 2019

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

PolitiFact Florida's new 'Scott-O-Meter' to track campaign promises

By Aaron Sharockman• December 30, 2010