by Beth Holmes | Apr 25, 2022 | News, Other, Student Issues
Student borrowers are getting help, as the U.S. Department of Education cancels federally-held debt for 40,000 and offers help for over 3.5 million more. “Student loans were never meant to be a life sentence, but it’s certainly felt that way for borrowers locked...
by Beth Holmes | Nov 29, 2021 | News, Student Issues, Teacher Issues
Tribal education gets an injection of cash from the $2 billion March 2021 COVID stimulus plan, only a few months late. Announced on Tuesday by the U.S. Department of Education, $20 million in grants are going to be given out of the American Rescue Plan (ARP) for...
by Beth Holmes | Nov 22, 2021 | News, Student Issues, Teacher Issues
Major changes to the Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) program are finally here, and they’re bigger than previously estimated. Under the previous administration, the Department of Education had the PSLF program, but it was made so restrictive that an...
by Beth Holmes | Aug 23, 2021 | News, Student Issues
Debt relief is on the horizon for over 300,000 in student debt and on disability, according to an August 19, 2021, announcement by the Department of Education. The DoE announced that federally-backed student debt will be canceled, not reduced or adjusted but canceled,...
by Beth Holmes | Aug 9, 2021 | News, Student Issues, Teacher Issues
This fall, students need to be back in school and students, staff, and teachers should engage in universal masking, says Education Secretary Miguel Cardona. “That’s where students learn best,” Cardona told NPR. “Schools are more than just places where students...
