The U.S. Department of Education today announced the next step in its ongoing efforts to provide student debt relief—a set of proposed rules that, if finalized, would authorize loan forgiveness for approximately 8 million borrowers experiencing hardship.

The Office for Civil Rights today secured a resolution agreement with the St. Johns County School District in Florida to ensure that its restraint policies and practices do not deny students with disabilities a free appropriate public education (FAPE).

The Biden-Harris Administration is announcing an additional investment of $70 million to expand student access to school-based mental health services across the nation.

The Biden-Harris Administration announced the approval of about $4.5 billion in additional student loan relief for over 60,000 borrowers who work in public service. Total loan forgiveness approved by Administration is now over $175B for 4.8M Americans.

U.S. Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona today announced the recipients of the Terrel H. Bell Award for Outstanding School Leadership for 2024.

The U.S. Department of Education's (Department) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) today submitted a proposed Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC) Information Collection Request for the 2025-26 and 2027-28 school years to the Federal Register for public comment

The Biden-Harris Administration’s historic investment of over $16 billion in more than 500 HSIs nationwide reflect our commitment to raising the bar for equity, opportunity, and excellence in higher education.

The U.S. Education Department today announced the launch of the second stage of testing for the 2025–26 Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA®). This follows two weeks of successful testing as hundreds successfully submitted their FAFSA form.

The White House announces that the National Partnership for Student Success (NPSS) has exceeded President Biden’s call to recruit an additional 250,000 adults into high-impact student roles by summer 2025 to support academic success for all students.

The Biden-Harris Administration continues to mobilize a whole-of-government effort to prepare for the impacts of Hurricane Milton. These efforts supplement the ongoing response and recovery efforts to the impacts of Hurricane Helene across the Southeast.