The Fact-Check
When journalists, politicians and leaders use education data or research incorrectly, The Seventy Four will set the record straight.
News
The 74 Fact-Check: Are Teachers Really Burning Out Because of Tougher Tests and Evaluations?
News
The 74 Fact-Check: All the Ways Donald Trump and Ted Cruz Flubbed on Education at Thursday’s Debate
Opinion
Don’t Humiliate Teachers… But Fire the Worst: Does David Denby Realize He’s Agreeing With Reformers?
News
The Fact-Check: Not Every State Takeover of a Troubled School District Deserves an F
News
New York Times Gives Credence to Conservatives’ Common Core Delusion
News
The Fact-Check: Why John Merrow’s Misleading DC Rant Ignores Facts, Research and the Full Truth
News
Fact-Checking Clinton on Charter Students: She Misses the Big Picture — but Also Has a Point
News
Fact-Check: Hey Education Pundits, Stop Writing Early Obituaries for School Improvement Grants
News
Fact-Check: Mainstream Media Picks Up Anti-Charter Report, But Fails to Disclose Union Funding
News
What if No Child Left Behind Worked and Nobody Realized it? Blame the Media.
News
Resisting School Integration: A Brooklyn Case Study in Scared Parents and Bad Data
News
Fact-Check: Are Washington’s Charters Harming the State’s Traditional Public Schools?
News
Fact-Check: Just How Many Tenured Teachers Are Fired Each Year Anyway? (Hint: Not Many)
News
A NYT Contributor Attacks the ‘Myth’ of New Orleans’ School Progress After Katrina. She’s Wrong
News
Separating Fact from Fiction at the Education Summit: What Research Confirms (and Disproves) About the Rhetoric
News
Fact-Checking All Those Charter Critics Who Snatched Defeat from Jaws of New Orleans’ Victory
News
The Fact-Check: No Vox, All the Good Schools Are NOT in Rich Neighborhoods