Trump White House plans to garnish wages of student loan borrowers
Forty percent of student loan debtors do not have college degrees.
By Jesse Valentine - April 22, 2025
Forty percent of student loan debtors do not have college degrees.
By Jesse Valentine - April 22, 2025
Governors in New Hampshire and Nevada are campaigning as champions of education while backing cuts to public schools.
By Jesse Valentine - March 26, 2025
Americans don’t want to get rid of the Department of Education, but that hasn’t stopped GOP presidential candidates from talking about it.
By Will Fritz - October 20, 2023
This debt relief has occurred despite ongoing opposition from congressional Republicans and a Supreme Court ruling against the administration’s plans for debt forgiveness.
By Oliver Willis - October 05, 2023
Teacher shortages are a problem everywhere, but Michigan has introduced several initiatives to address them.
By Will Fritz - September 15, 2023
The U.S. Department of Education will not fund public schools that conduct firearms training, in compliance with a bipartisan gun safety law.
By Josh Israel - August 07, 2023
The Department of Education said that the forgiveness was made possible through fixes to the federal student loan system.
By Oliver Willis - July 14, 2023
Some 615,000 public servants have benefitted from the Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program.
By Oliver Willis - May 08, 2023
A bill proposed by Rep. Greg Steube that would ban some trans youth from playing sports is being considered in the House, although it is unlikely to be considered in the Democratic-controlled Senate.
By Will Fritz - April 19, 2023
Eliminating the department would impact the administration of federal education grants, student loans, and how students' civil rights protections are enforced.
By Emily Singer - April 13, 2023
Removing the agency that protects students’ civil rights and distributes federal education funds has received an increasing amount of Republican support in recent years, including from Donald Trump.
By Josh Israel - March 24, 2023
Despite national polls showing debt relief has popular and bipartisan support, Republicans have worked against Biden’s actions at every step.
By Oliver Willis - November 23, 2022
Student debt forgiveness would provide relief to borrowers in all 50 states, the administration says.
By Oliver Willis - September 22, 2022
An estimated 20 million people will see their federal student debt erased as a result of the White House’s announcement.
By Associated Press - August 24, 2022
Under Biden, the Department of Education has forgiven nearly $32 billion in student debt thus far.
By Oliver Willis - August 17, 2022
The proposal is intended to replace a set of controversial rules issued during the Trump administration by Education Secretary Betsy DeVos.
By Associated Press - June 23, 2022
Charlie Crist demanded transparency about the Florida Department of Education’s reasons for banning of math textbooks.
By Adrian Cole - April 22, 2022
Unfortunately for Republicans, the vast majority of Americans still support LGBTQ rights.
By Oliver Willis - March 18, 2022
43 million Americans will be back on the hook for student loan payments in less than two months unless President Joe Biden takes action.
By Josh Axelrod - March 09, 2022
A growing chorus of advocates and politicians is calling for Biden to unilaterally cancel the nation’s $1.7 trillion in federal student debt.
By Josh Axelrod - March 01, 2022
A settlement announced Wednesday aims to resolve a 2019 suit accusing the Department of Education under Secretary Betsy DeVos of mismanaging its Public Service Loan Forgiveness program.
By Associated Press - October 16, 2021
Biggs is happy the pandemic has parents ‘waking up’ to oppose LGBTQ rights and education about racism.
By Josh Israel - October 14, 2021
The Treasury Department warned Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey about the state’s use of COVID relief funding.
By Jacob Gardenswartz - October 06, 2021
The Department of Education’s rules will help more than 550,000 people.
By Josh Israel - October 06, 2021
Education Secretary Miguel Cardona said the changes will help teachers get grants ‘without having to jump through unnecessary hoops.’
By Associated Press - July 04, 2021
The Department of Education confirmed that Title IX prohibits discrimination on the basis of gender identity and sexual orientation, amid an onslaught of anti-trans legislation at the state level.
By Casey Quinlan - June 17, 2021
Republican attorneys general charge that efforts to add diversity to education are ‘deeply flawed and controversial.’
By Oliver Willis - May 20, 2021
But many families are still opting to keep students at home for remote learning.
By Associated Press - May 06, 2021
As a presidential candidate, Joe Biden said Betsy DeVos’ rules guaranteed that ‘college campuses will be less safe for our nation’s young people.’
By Associated Press - April 06, 2021
The White House said, ‘President Biden is committed to taking a whole-of-government approach to advancing LGBTQ+ equality.’
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