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The Office of Federal Student Aid has a lot on its plate in 2023, including implementation of an ambitious new student loan repayment plan. Now it just needs money to pay for it. → Read More
A new survey of high school principals reveals that political fights with parents and community members are on the rise and taking a serious toll. → Read More
A new program being piloted in a handful of Connecticut classrooms, called Feel Your Best Self, is using the joy of puppetry to teach children how to manage their feelings and empathize with others. → Read More
The program to erase student loan debts for millions of borrowers hit a brick wall Thursday when it was blocked by a U.S. District Court judge. The administration quickly appealed the decision. → Read More
Hundreds of thousands of borrowers spent just over a month thinking they qualified for student loan cancellation. Now they don't. → Read More
The legal cases all face the same challenge: finding a plaintiff who will be clearly harmed by debt cancellation. → Read More
The Biden administration has quietly changed its guidance to disqualify borrowers who have privately-held FFEL and Perkins loans. → Read More
U.S. Education Secretary Miguel Cardona sat down with NPR in Pittsburgh to talk loan relief and what borrowers should expect in the coming weeks. → Read More
Seven states have tax policies on the books that could require them to treat student loans canceled by the federal government as taxable income. → Read More
President Biden announced a sweeping effort to forgive up to $20,000 of federal student loan debt for Pell Grant recipients, and up to $10,000 for other borrowers making under $125,000 a year. → Read More
A pending legal settlement is good news for defrauded borrowers. But it raises questions about the U.S. Education Department's ability to police college misconduct. → Read More
As a third pandemic school year draws to a close, new research offers the clearest accounting yet of the pandemic's academic toll. → Read More
A new NPR/Ipsos poll finds majority support for forgiving $10,000 in federal student loan debt, but even broader support for making college affordable for future students. → Read More
Students affected do not have to take any further action to secure their funds, and the Department of Education will begin notifying those students soon, the agency said. → Read More
School safety experts have coalesced around a handful of important measures communities and politicians can take to protect students. → Read More
Student loan interest rates reset every May. This year, they're on the rise. → Read More
Student loan interest rates reset every May. This year, they're on the rise. → Read More
The U.S. Department of Education unveils a plan to help millions of borrowers who have been hurt and held back by its troubled income-driven repayment plans. → Read More
Lawmakers are calling for an investigation two weeks after an NPR report found a student loan program designed to help low-income borrowers wasn't living up to its promise. → Read More
The Biden administration extended the freeze on student loan payments yet again, this time until September, and announced a reset for borrowers in default. → Read More