Trump’s lies about education

49 lies about education, out of 148 false or misleading claims on the topic (33% rated lies). Each one links to the fact-check.

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  1. May 25, 2025 · Press conferenceHarvard University “refuse(s) to tell us” who its international students are.
  2. Feb 10, 2025 · InterviewThe United States is “last in education out of 40 states … but we’re number one in cost per pupil.”
  3. Aug 30, 2024 · Interview“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 with your child.”
  4. Nov 1, 2020 · Rally“[Biden will] eliminate your charter schools.”
  5. Nov 1, 2020 · Social post“Biden will ... eliminate charter schools.”
  6. Oct 28, 2020 · Rally“[Biden will] ban Charter Schools.”
  7. Oct 28, 2020 · Rally“Biden wants to ban charter schools.”
  8. Oct 21, 2020 · Interview“They [Democrats] want charter schools out.”
  9. Oct 19, 2020 · Rally“[Biden will] ban charter schools.”
  10. Oct 18, 2020 · Rally“[Biden will] ban charter schools.”
  11. Oct 17, 2020 · Rally“[Biden] wants to end charter schools, which have been so successful because he's controlled by a group.”
  12. Oct 17, 2020 · Rally“Biden also supports abolishing school choice in charter schools, it's not gonna happen.”
  13. Oct 16, 2020 · Rally“Biden has vowed to ban school choice and charter schools devastating the black community.”
  14. Oct 15, 2020 · Rally“He wants to ban school choice and charter schools.”
  15. Oct 14, 2020 · Speech“They [Democrats] will never give you charter schools that have worked so well.”
  16. Oct 14, 2020 · Rally“He'll ban school choice and he'll ban charter schools.”
  17. Oct 13, 2020 · Rally“He'll ban school choice, charter schools, and Pennsylvania opportunity scholarships.”
  18. Oct 12, 2020 · Rally“He'll [Biden] ban charter schools.”
  19. Oct 11, 2020 · Rally“He [Biden] also wants to ban school choice and charter schools.”
  20. Oct 10, 2020 · Rally“They're going to ban school choice and ban, totally ban charter schools.”
  21. Oct 1, 2020 · Rally“[Biden wants to] ban school of choice and charter schools.”
  22. Sep 30, 2020 · Rally“[Biden would] ban school choice and ban all charter schools, no more charter schools, no more school choice.”
  23. Sep 26, 2020 · Rally“He wants to ban School Choice and ban charter schools.”
  24. Sep 25, 2020 · Rally“They want to ban school choice and charter schools.”
  25. Sep 25, 2020 · Remarks“He [Biden] doesn't like charter schools....He vows to ban charter schools.”
  26. Sep 24, 2020 · Rally“He wants to ban school choice and ban charter schools, which are absolutely imperative for our children.”
  27. Sep 22, 2020 · Rally“ban school choice, and all charter schools.”
  28. Sep 21, 2020 · Rally“Biden opposes school choice and vowed to ban charter schools. ”
  29. Sep 17, 2020 · Rally“Biden opposes school choice and vowed to ban charter schools.”
  30. Sep 14, 2020 · Remarks“They're [Biden] going to abolish charter schools.”
  31. Sep 13, 2020 · Remarks“He's [Biden] totally opposed to charter schools.”
  32. Sep 13, 2020 · Rally“Biden pledges to oppose school choice and he stated that if elected, charter schools are gone.”
  33. Sep 12, 2020 · Rally“Biden pledges to oppose school choice and he has stated that if he is elected, charter schools are quote, gone, they're gone.”
  34. Sep 10, 2020 · Rally“Biden opposes school choice and has stated that if he's elected, charter schools, so important, are gone.”
  35. Sep 8, 2020 · Rally“Biden opposed school choice. He opposes North Carolina opportunity scholarships and he has stated that if he is elected, charter schools are gone.”
  36. Sep 4, 2020 · Rally“[Biden] opposes North Carolina Opportunity Scholarships. And he stated that if he is elected, charter schools are gone, they're all going to be gone.”
  37. Aug 28, 2020 · Rally“They want to end school choice and ban charter schools.”
  38. Aug 27, 2020 · Speech“[Biden] owed to oppose school choice and close all charter schools, ripping away the ladder of opportunity for Black and Hispanic children.”
  39. Aug 21, 2020 · Speech“They want to ban charter schools.”
  40. Aug 20, 2020 · Speech“Close down charter schools. Eliminate school choice.”
  41. Aug 12, 2020 · Rally“Biden wants to … wants to end school choice and abolish charter schools.”
  42. Aug 11, 2020 · Rally“They want to end school choice and abolish charter school, all charter schools.”
  43. Aug 5, 2020 · Rally“They [Biden] want to end school choice, abolish charter schools, abolish suburbs.”
  44. Aug 2, 2020 · Rally“They want to end school choice and abolish charter schools.”
  45. Jul 19, 2020 · Rally“They want to abolish charter schools.”
  46. Jul 18, 2020 · Rally“They want to abolish school choice, end school choice, abolish all charter schools.”
  47. Jul 17, 2020 · Rally“He [Biden] wants to end school choice, no school choice, and abolish charter schools.”
  48. Jul 15, 2020 · Social post“The Biden-Sanders unity plan takes a sledgehammer to charter schools, punishing students for their zip codes. No one will be SAFE in Joe Biden’s America!”
  49. Jul 14, 2020 · Press conference“[Biden wants to] abolish all charter schools. Charter schools are doing great. Ban funding for charter schools in poor neighborhoods.”