In a remarkable reversal that will affect the fortunes of many student loan borrowers, the U.S. Department of Education has quietly changed its guidance around who qualifies for President Biden's sweeping student debt relief plan. At the center of the…
President Joe Biden’s plan to cancel billions in federal student loan debt is facing a new legal challenge, this time from six conservative-leaning states. Arkansas is leading the charge, joined by Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska and South Carolina.
One candidate for Pennsylvania governor has essentially vowed to dismantle the state’s system for funding public schools. The other says he wants to bolster it and make it more equitable, although he’s also endorsed a school choice initiative that could…
A federal lawsuit has been against eight entities and three individuals for the May shooting that killed 19 students and two teachers at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas. The lawsuit, first reported by the San Antonio Express-News, was filed…
Danylo Zadorozhnyi, whose family fled the war in Ukraine in March, doesn't understand anything in school because he doesn't speak German. Most days he doesn't engage and just lays his head on his desk. When he gets home he has…
Mandate COVID vaccines. Hire more parents. Electrify all school buses. These are just a few proposals the Chicago Teachers Union is putting forward in a sweeping policy paper released today. The document - "From Pandemic to a Real Path Forward"…
A raid on a sprawling university campus complex in Athens led to the arrests of 32 people who are suspected of belonging to gangs that carried out armed robberies, drug trafficking and other offenses, police in Greece said Wednesday. The…
President Biden pushed to expand free school meals Wednesday as part of what he called a new national strategy to end hunger and increase healthy eating by 2030. The administration's attempt to stamp out hunger comes at a time when…
Earlier this month, Here & Now spoke with New York Times reporter Eliza Shapiro, who co-wrote the paper's investigation on New York's Hasidic yeshivas. The report revealed that the schools offer so little non-religious education that students get to high school…
Students at Jack Lowe Sr. Elementary School in Dallas fell significantly behind during the pandemic, and the Principal Sandra Barrios knew at least part of the solution: more time. More time to learn the material they never got to learn,…
Nearly half of New York City's third through eighth graders passed their state reading tests last school year, while about 38% passed math, according to scores released by city officials Wednesday. The scores are the first measure of how students…
Uchenna Ihekwereme walked to the front row of the 150-person auditorium for a political science class at the University of Georgia. She sat down, as she always did, with her back to the sea of white faces. She had become…
An effort to rescind sex education curriculum in a suburban Milwaukee school district that includes instruction to students as young as kindergarteners has failed. The Wauwatosa School Board heard a rare motion Tuesday night to rescind the Human Growth and…
What does freedom look like when it comes to education? As school choice discussions ramp up, thanks in part to a new law in Arizona, so do questions about what best serves students.
The Free Application for Federal Student Aid filing season starts Oct. 1 for the 2023-2024 school year. If you plan to attend college next year, experts say you might want to fill out the FAFSA application as close to the…
Schools and colleges across Florida were canceling classes and shutting down campuses Tuesday ahead of the expected arrival of Hurricane Ian, which is forecast to close in on the state's western coast Wednesday. The closures impacted thousands of students and…
