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In Politics, Fact, Fancy Can Blur in Keystroke,Bogus Claim Linking Jail, School Raised Election After Election: "third grade talking point debunked."

By Real Cost of Prisons Project (The Sentencing Project)

In Politics, Fact, Fancy Can Blur in Keystroke Bogus Claim Linking Jail, School Raised Election After Election 'Third-grade' Talking Point Debunked By Maria Glod and Rosalind S. Helderman Washington Post Staff Writers Thursday, June 4, 2009 "Imagine if your entire future was determined by what you did in the third grade," says Virginia gubernatorial candidate Terry McAuliffe in a television advertisement promoting his plan to expand preschool. "Did you know we use the failure rates of third-graders to help predict how many prison spots Virginia will need in 15 years?" You didn't know? Could be because it's not true -- at least not in Virginia. The startling claim has been cited by McAuliffe and one of his rivals, Brian Moran, as they seek the Democratic nomination for governor...continue to full post

Full post as published by The Real Cost of Prisons Weblog on June 05, 2009 (boomark / email).