Education
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Education Department shifts roles to other agencies, further shrinking the agency
Less is more: McMahon has repeatedly said her ultimate goal is to shrink the Department of Education, rendering her job obsolete and "firing herself."
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IRS issues rules for education tax credit designed to encourage donations for student scholarships
Thirty states have already opted into program.
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Newsom signs law easing rules requiring students to learn English, change will impact 1 million
Nearly 1 million California students designated as English learners will no longer have to pass a set of tests and benchmarks to exit the program,
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Embattled Columbia University president resigns from post
Shafik said that her resignation is effective immediately, and that she will be working for the United Kingdom's Foreign Secretary's office.
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Biden/Harris admin 'weak' on antisemitism, avoids issue with new guidance: civil rights group
The Jewish civil rights org described the Biden/Harris admin as 'strong at outreach and good at churning out guidance documents but weak at developing new policies and even weaker at enforcement.'
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Education Department delays updated FAFSA form rollout again
Last year's delay caused a $1.8 billion deficit in available financial aid since families' incomes were not correctly adjusted for inflation.
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Education Department announces rollout of financial aid forms will be delayed until December
Education Secretary Miguel Cardona said that the department listened to feedback from students, parents, and higher education officials and made the necessary changes to the forms and the Federal Student Aid (FSA) office.
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Biden administration unveils next steps in student loan forgiveness for 25 million borrowers
The administration said that the final rules on the latest forgiveness plan will be announced in the fall, but that they are notifying borrowers in advance so they can opt out of the plan by Aug. 30.
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Virginia school boards respond to Gov Youngkin's executive order on cellphone use during classes
Most school districts have a ban on cellphone use during the school day for students K-8, except for medical reasons, but allow high school students to use their phones and devices outside of class time.
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Republican AGs accuse Education Secretary Cardona of violating Hatch Act
Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen and Kansas Attorney General Kris Kobach claimed Cardona violated the act by making partisan political statements twice this month, and used government resources for political activities.
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Trump debuts plan to revamp American education, restore parental rights
To address parental concerns, Trump proposed implementing "the direct election of school principals by the parents."
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Rep. Byron Donalds says there needs to be an 'economy for education'
"When you have true economies where people can buy and choose services, what ends up happening is the price per student, or the price per credit hour actually goes down, but the quality goes up," Rep. Byron Donalds said.
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Tiffany Justice says she's hopeful Vance, Trump will have a 'children first' agenda for 2024
"I'm really hopeful that we're going to have two dads in the White House who are going to understand the importance of putting children first in America again," Justice said.