Each record separates the dated event, authoritative source, evidence and current editorial finding. Statuses can change as deadlines pass and new records become available.
PolitiFact rated this Trump statement Pants on Fire: “The transgender thing is incredible… your kid goes to school and comes home a few days later with an operation. The school decides what’s going to happen…
Open the record →PolitiFact rated this Trump statement False: When Haitians go to school in Springfield, Ohio, they “take the place of our children in school” and “each one will have a private interpreter.”
Open the record →PolitiFact rated this Trump statement False: The United States is “last in education out of 40 states … but we’re number one in cost per pupil.”
Open the record →Second-term promise tracker: Give green cards to people on student visas who graduate from U.S. colleges. Current published status: Stalled.
Open the record →Second-term promise tracker: Incentivize abolishing teacher tenure for grades K-12. Current published status: Stalled.
Open the record →Second-term promise tracker: Abolish the Education Department. Current published status: In the Works.
Open the record →First-term promise tracker: Ensure funding for historic black colleges. Current published status: Promise Kept.
Open the record →First-term promise tracker: Dramatically scale back the U.S. Education Department. Current published status: Promise Broken.
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