1st Parent Agrees to Plead Guilty in College Bribery Scandal
3 April 2019The case is the biggest college admissions scheme ever prosecuted by the U.S. Justice Department.
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Did Second Lady Karen Pence Work at a School That Bans LGBT Teachers and Students?
17 January 2019The wife of Vice President Mike Pence resumed her work as an art teacher at the Immanuel Christian School in Northern Virginia in January 2019.
Did Ditching Common Core Cause a Florida School’s Test Results to Improve?
20 March 2018Articles criticizing the Common Core curriculum draw causal connections where none exist.
Did a Pennsylvania Teacher Assign Math Homework That Referred to Sexual Assault?
6 February 2018Students at Pennridge High School were asked to solve algebra formulas using vignettes from the difficult early life of Maya Angelou; Internet outrage ensued.
Does MIT Offer Students a ‘Pirate Certificate’?
31 January 2018The prestigious university counts among its alumni Nobel laureates, leaders of science and industry, and a fleet of certified swashbucklers.
The Remarkable Sabrina Pasterski
27 December 2017A viral meme about a Harvard University graduate student gets most (but not all) of the facts right.
Does the 2017 Tax Reform Bill Help Private Schools and Hurt Public Schools?
5 December 2017The legislation grants tax breaks to families with children in private schools, while repealing deductions for state and local taxes that fund public schools.
Would the Republican Tax Plan Count Graduate Tuition Waivers as Taxable Income?
5 December 2017The House of Representatives version would, the Senate version would not.
Did a Drag Queen in a ‘Demonic’ Outfit Read a Sexually Explicit Book to Children at a Public Library?
18 October 2017Right-wing web sites used alarmist language and false claims to describe a reading event at a California library.
Activist Malala Yousafzai Accepted to Study at the University of Oxford
17 August 2017The 20-year-old was shot by the Taliban at the age of 15 for agitating for the right to an education
Did Betsy DeVos Say History Textbooks Should Be Based on the Bible?
8 March 2017A report stating that Trump's Secretary of Education wants to exclude all information not found in the Bible from history textbooks is satire, not fact.
Meet Betsy DeVos, Trump’s Secretary of Education Nominee
25 November 2016The nomination of Betsy DeVos as secretary of education inspired an Internet meme detailing her alleged lack of qualifications for the job.
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Did U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar Marry Her Brother?
15 February 2019Rep. Ilhan Omar has been the subject of recurrent controversies, including ones regarding her marriages and family immigration history.
Is This Rachel Chandler and President Bill Clinton on Jeffrey Epstein’s Plane?
18 July 2019The answer to "Who is Rachel Chandler?" is simpler than some think.
Did U.S. Rep. Ocasio-Cortez Say ‘We Pay Soldiers Too Much’?
17 July 2019A frequent publisher of inflammatory material struck again in July 2019.
Did Rep. Ilhan Omar Say ‘White Men Should Be Put in Chains’?
19 November 2018A widely-shared meme offered a malicious quotation attributed to the Minnesota Democrat.
If You Used FaceApp, Do Russians Now Own All of Your Photographs?
18 July 2019Users should always consider privacy and security before uploading personal data to an app.