Just before President Barack Obama left office, he made it easier for students defrauded by for-profit colleges to apply for the federal debt relief they had long been entitled to.…
Continue ReadingPresident-elect Joe Biden promised to nominate a teacher for education secretary — and could quickly put his choice into a political pressure cooker, as teachers’ unions balk at school reopening…
Continue ReadingThe day I visited St. Thomas the Apostle School in Peckham, South London, a new shutdown was announced for Britain’s capital. But the comprehensive—a public high-school, in American parlance—was open.…
Continue ReadingSenate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) said on Dec. 7, that President-elect Joe Biden is considering cancelling $50,000 in student loan debt for low income and middle class students. In…
Continue ReadingEducation Secretary Betsy DeVos has extended an existing moratorium on student loan payments, interest, and collections into 2021. Here’s the latest. See source
Continue ReadingEducation Secretary Betsy DeVos arrives at the White House for a 2019 Hanukkah reception. | Brendan Smialowski/AFP/Getty Images Biden and Congress will have until January 31, 2021 to decide how…
Continue ReadingWith less than 50 days left in her tenure, Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos does not like the idea of free college being floated by the Biden administration. While speaking…
Continue ReadingEducation Secretary Betsy DeVos took to Fox News today to slam recent proposals to cancel student loans and enact debt-free college. See source
Continue ReadingBetsy DeVos appears to have only a couple of months remaining in her tenure as President Trump’s Secretary of Education. See source
Continue ReadingA federal judge issued a scathing rebuke to Education Secretary Betsy DeVos for issuing mass denials of student loan forgiveness applications. See source
Continue ReadingFrom the creators of family separation and election interference, the Trump administration is coming to a university near you – unless GW turns away their job applications. Since Joe Biden…
Continue ReadingThe first day back in the classroom at her Houston elementary school was a joy for teacher Naseeb Gill. “Oh, this is exciting,” she remembers thinking. “I’m back with kids…
Continue ReadingPresident-elect Joe Biden is planning to overhaul education with a series of reversals once President Donald Trump and Education Secretary Betsy DeVos leave office. Under Trump, Education Secretary DeVos rolled…
Continue ReadingACLU of DelawareDwayne Bensing, an out lawyer & former staffer at the Department of Education under DeVos, reflects on her anti-LGBTQ crusade and looks forward to her eventual exit. See…
Continue ReadingWILMINGTON, Del. — President-elect Joe Biden is looking to build out his nascent White House staff with more traditional Washington insiders, a notable departure from four years in which President…
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