Wages could be garnished as early as 30 days after borrowers receive notice.
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Trump Admin to Begin Garnishing Wages for Defaulted Student Loans in January Read Post »
The Department of Education said Monday that the Trump administration will begin to garnish earnings from student loan borrowers in January. This is the first time borrowers’ paychecks will be at risk since pandemic-era policies paused payments in March 2020. Starting the week of January 7, around 1,000 borrowers in default will get notices of […]
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Millions of Student Loan Borrowers Are About to See Their Paychecks Shrink Read Post »
Demand for student visas surged after Myanmar’s coup. Now, Trump has shut a door students spent years trying to open.
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Students in Myanmar Contend With a Coup, Civil War, and Trump’s Visa Ban Read Post »
Tributes poured in on Sunday following the news of the death of director and actor Rob Reiner and his wife, film producer and photographer Michele Reiner. If you take a look, you’ll notice that many go beyond his film work and speak glowingly about his progressive activism—except for one missive from President Donald Trump. The […]
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Donald Trump Hates That Rob Reiner’s Political Legacy Extends Far Beyond Hollywood Read Post »
The Department of Education announced Tuesday that it reached a settlement agreement with the state of Missouri to end former President Joe Biden’s student loan forgiveness program. The Saving on a Valuable Education (SAVE) program bases monthly payments on an individual’s income and family size. The plan protected more borrowers’ incomes, increasing monthly payment exemptions […]
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Trump’s Education Dept. Just Axed Biden’s Student Loan Plan Read Post »
On November 29, 1975, Republican President Gerald Ford signed the Education for All Handicapped Children Act into law, which later became the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA). IDEA requires that disabled students have access to public education, discourages segregating disabled kids from their peers, and that qualifying students have access to individualized education plans, […]
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This Disability Education Law Turned 50 Today. Disability Advocates Want More. Read Post »
The administration’s preemptive assault on history is a desperate attempt to stop new social movements from starting.
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Black History Has the Power to Ignite Movements. That’s Why the Right Fears It. Read Post »
New efforts to shut down honest discussion of Palestine could restrict everything from literature to science classes.
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Educators Worry Palestine Censorship Could Reshape Public Education Entirely Read Post »
“I’m not against giving thanks. I’m against celebrating a falsehood,” says Choctaw historian A. S. Dillingham.
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The Thanksgiving Myth Hides the US’s Inability to Reckon With Its Own History Read Post »
A network of 31 public schools is striving to provide “radical welcome, protection and empowerment” to migrant youth.
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As Immigrant Youth Come Under Attack, These Schools Are Trying to Protect Them Read Post »
The judge said Texas’s mandate exposes students to unwanted religious pressure, likely violating the First Amendment.
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Judge Blocks Texas Law Forcing Ten Commandments Displays in Schools Read Post »
The entrepreneurs who are part of the booming school safety industry face a cruel irony: they are dependent on the uniquely American epidemic of school shootings. “Every time there is a shooting, we see an uptick in business,” says one, featured in the new HBO documentary Thoughts and Prayers, who sells bulletproof wall art and […]
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Inside the $4 Billion Industry Built on America’s School Shooting Epidemic Read Post »
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