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 | Oct 11, 2021 | News, Parent Issues, Student Issues, Teacher Issues
The Florida Board of Education voted unanimously on October 7, 2021, to punish students in districts with mask mandates. The decision is in line with a state-level executive order signed by Gov. Ron DeSantis that requires parents have the sole say on whether students...
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...
by Beth Holmes | Jul 19, 2021 | News, Student Issues, Teacher Issues
A huge increase in the education budget is a keystone feature of the latest spending bill in the U.S. House of Representatives. The spending legislation for fiscal year 2022 was released on July 11, 2021, by a House appropriations subcommittee. Unlike previous years...
by Beth Holmes | Jun 21, 2021 | News, Other
While student debt looks to be one of the peak issues of the current political field, school debt also ought to be part of the conversation. More than 1,200 colleges, most of them privately owned, for-profit schools, owe money to the federal Department of Education....
