Claim: Says that as Providence's mayor, David Cicilline said the city had a "world-class … school system. Not only did Providence not have a world-class school system but as measured, was amongst the last school system in the entire country."
Fact-check: Anthony Gemma says that when U.S. Rep. David Cicilline was mayor of Providence, the city had "amongst the last school system in the entire country."
Verdict: false
Organisation: PolitiFact
Author: Tom Mooney
Date published: 2012-08-30T00:00:00