Education

A New Student Loan Plan Could Reduce the Burden for 10 Million Borrowers

By Solcyré Burga

A New Student Loan Program Could Forgive Debt for Thousands

By Solcyré Burga

The Case Against Private College Admissions Counselors

By Evan Mandery

University of California Strike Could Change Higher Ed

By Katie Reilly
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How the Supreme Court Could Rule on Student Loan Forgiveness

Legal experts say that even if the court sides with the Biden Administration, there are still legal hurdles that will delay relief for borrowers.

By Katie Reilly

The Courts Will Probably Kill Student Loan Forgiveness

Student debt forgiveness for 40 million Americans is on hold indefinitely after another legal setback.

By Katie Reilly

Most Americans Think Parents Should Be Able to Opt Their Kids Out of Learning Things They Disagree With. That's Terrifying

Support for families opting out of school for differing politics is growing ahead of the midterms

By Daniel Silver

How School Boards Became the Hottest Elections of 2022

In school-board elections across the U.S., candidates are debating how to deal with teaching history, book bans, sex education, and transgender rights.

By Katie Reilly

How L.A. Schools Improved Students' Test Scores

Of the 26 large urban districts where NAEP assessments, "the Nation's Report Card," were given, Los Angeles was the only one to make gains in eighth-grade reading.

By Katie Reilly

What's Next in the Fight Over Student Loan Forgiveness

Legal experts are skeptical that current challenges will ultimately prevail in court—but it only takes one victory to throw a wrench in the student loan forgiveness program

By Katie Reilly

Not a Single State Has Improved Students' Test Scores Since 2019

“If left unaddressed, this could alter the trajectories and life opportunities of a whole cohort of young people,” said National Center for Education Statistics official Daniel McGrath.

By Katie Reilly

All Your Questions About Applying for Student Loan Forgiveness Answered

The Biden Administration’s application for debt cancellation has officially launched. Borrowers can apply for forgiveness anytime before Dec. 31, 2023.

By Katie Reilly

You Can Apply for Student Loan Forgiveness Now

The application launch comes as the debt-forgiveness program faces several legal challenges and just a few weeks before the midterm elections that could undo Democrats' narrow majority in Congress.

By Katie Reilly

How the Teacher Shortage Is Affecting One New Jersey School District

“Sometimes I just don't feel like going because there’s no point in going if I have no teachers,” says 17-year-old Abriannie Lima in Paterson, N.J.

By Katie Reilly

Why a Class on Doing Nothing Is So Popular

Prof. Constance Kassor's class, "Doing Nothing," is the most popular course at Lawrence University in Wisconsin. Here's what that says about college students today.

By Katie Reilly

The Overlooked History of a Student Uprising at Tuskegee

"The Tuskegee Student Uprising: A History" zeroes in on the 1968 uprising at Tuskegee Institute that won rights for students—and helped institutionalize Black Studies.

By Olivia B. Waxman

How Racism Was Baked into U.S. History Textbooks

In 'Teaching White Supremacy,' Harvard researcher Donald Yacovone analyzed 220 history textbooks

By Olivia B. Waxman

Conservative Group Asks Judge to Block Student Loan Forgiveness

The conservative Pacific Legal Foundation has launched the first legal challenge to President Biden’s student loan debt forgiveness plan.

By Katie Reilly

Parents Should Have a Voice in Their Kids' Education But We've Gone Too Far

The rallying cry of “parents’ rights” is being wielded to do far more than give parents their rightful voice.

By Suzanne Nossel

Senators Urge More Forgiveness for Parents With Student Debt

Parents whose children received Pell Grants are not eligible for the $20,000 in forgiveness although they took out loans federal Parent PLUS loans to help

By Katie Reilly
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