A proposal from the Trump administration would exclude nursing from a list of professional degrees, a move that has drawn outcry from nursing advocates, who warn it could…
Read more Trump administration plan to exclude nursing from professional degrees sparks outcryEducation Secretary Linda McMahon told CBS News on Tuesday that federal money to support low-income students and special education will continue to flow as the Education Department shifts…
Read more McMahon says federal school aid will keep flowing as Education Department hands off some duties to other agenciesBOSTON — The Trump administration has agreed to release $1.1 billion in funding for post-COVID-19 pandemic academic recovery it clawed back from Massachusetts and other states before the…
Read more AGs reach deal with DOE on education fundingMinnesota’s policy on transgender athletes in high school sports is leaving parents and school boards in limbo. On Sept. 30, the U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil…
Read more Elk River School Board discusses Minnesota’s transgender athlete policy, Title IXFederal officials say that the Minnesota Department of Education and the Minnesota State High School League both violated Title IX with their policy on transgender athletes, in a…
Read more Minnesota’s transgender athlete policy violates Title IX, federal investigation claimsThe Trump administration is proposing a new rule that would bar people with outstanding college loans from relief on that debt if their employers were found to be “undermining…
Read more Trump administration could block student loan relief for some workers in public serviceMillions of student loan borrowers could face a wake-up call Monday as the Department of Education resumes collecting on school loans. The restart of collections comes as data…
Read more Student loan collections resume as record number of borrowers fall behind on paymentsWashington — The Education Department will soon begin collecting payments for student loans that are in default, including through wage garnishment for potentially millions of borrowers, the department…
Read more Student loan borrowers in default face garnished wages, Education Department saysTwo courts on Monday issued temporary injunctions against the Biden administration’s flagship student loan repayment plan, decisions that experts say are likely to create new hurdles and uncertainties…
Read more Two courts just blocked parts of Biden’s SAVE student loan repayment plan. Here’s what to know.Could higher salaries solve the U.S. teacher shortage? – CBS News Watch CBS News The U.S. Department of Education says there’s a shortage of teachers across the nation,…
Read more Could higher salaries solve the U.S. teacher shortage?Oklahoma education officials are attempting to claw back at least $290,000 in bonuses they mistakenly paid out to several teachers. After awarding them bonuses of between $15,000 and…
Read more Oklahoma teachers mistakenly got up to $50,000 in bonuses. Now they have to return the money.More than 300,000 people were given incorrect information about their student loan repayments as resumption of debt payments began this month, the Education Department said on Thursday. The…
Read more More than 300,000 student borrowers given wrong repayment information, Education Department saysHow differences in school infrastructure funding can contribute to inequity among districts – CBS News Watch CBS News Mary Filardo, executive director of the 21st Century School Fund,…
Read more How differences in school infrastructure funding can contribute to inequity among districtsThis week, more than 800,000 student loan borrowers with billions of dollars in debt will start to have their loans discharged. The one-time account adjustment comes after the…
Read more More than 800,000 student loan borrowers are getting billions of dollars in debt forgiveness this weekAbout 9 million Americans with student loans who had applied for the Biden administration’s student-debt forgiveness program mistakenly received emails last month that said their applications had been…
Read more 9 million Americans wrongly told they were approved for student debt forgiveness
