

Politics Dec 29

Addressing the effects of the coronavirus pandemic on education will be among some of the most urgent issues facing President-elect Joe Biden when he takes office.
By Candice Norwood
Education Jul 07

In the lawsuit filed Tuesday, the attorneys general of California and Michigan say the department run by Secretary Betsy DeVos is attempting to take pandemic relief funds away from K-12 public schools and divert them to private schools.
By Olga R. Rodriguez, David Eggert, Associated Press
Education Jun 13

The U.S. Education Department has opened investigations into foreign funding at Georgetown University and Texas A&M University as part of a broader push to monitor international money flowing to American colleges.
By Collin Binkley, Associated Press
Education Apr 29

The government promised public service workers their debt could be erased if they made payments for 10 years, but officials have largely failed to deliver.
By Collin Binkley, Associated Press
Mar 28

By Beth Kobliner
The No.1 worry for high schoolers applying to college is student debt, according to a recent survey from The Princeton Review.
Mar 28

By Gretchen Frazee
Education Secretary Betsy DeVos is scheduled to testify before the Senate Appropriations subcommittee Thursday.
Mar 26

By Collin Binkley, Associated Press
Letters sent to the schools Monday and obtained by The Associated Press say the department is conducting a "preliminary investigation" to determine whether they violated federal laws or rules surrounding the management of federal student aid.
Oct 04

By Paul Fain, Inside Higher Ed
The Education Department is recommending restoring a controversial college accrediting agency, giving it a year to resolve remaining concerns.
Jun 21

By Associated Press
The plan calls for merging the education and labor departments and moving the federal food stamp program to the Department of Health and Human Services and renaming that agency. Many of the changes would require approval from Congress.
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