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May 23, 2022
Today, the U.S.
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May 20, 2022
On Monday, U.S. Under Secretary of Education James Kvaal and Federal Student Aid Chief Operating Officer Rich Cordray will join New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy for a roundtable discussion about the Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) Program, at The College of New Jersey (TCNJ). The discussion will highlight actions taken by the federal government to support public service workers in achieving loan forgiveness.
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May 20, 2022
By: Michelle Asha Cooper, Ph.D., Acting Assistant Secretary, Office of Postsecondary Education The COVID-19 pandemic proved to all of us just how important access to childcare and early childhood education is not only for children, but for parents and caretakers. I know I felt that tension, personally, as I too juggled childcare responsibilities for my
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May 19, 2022
By: Cathy Coachman Wanza After Emancipation, formerly enslaved people had to make new lives for themselves in a world that was new to them in some respects. For too many of them, their new lives were much like their old: working for next to nothing on someone else’s farm or plantation. Some moved North for
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May 19, 2022
By: Richard Cordray, Chief Operating Officer, U.S. Department of Education’s office of Federal Student Aid Today, I’m pleased to announce that Federal Student Aid (FSA) posted the solicitation for what we’re calling the Unified Servicing and Data Solution (USDS). The USDS is the long-term loan servicing solution designed to provide federal student loan borrowers with
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May 19, 2022
On Friday, U.S. Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona will travel to Massachusetts with U.S. Reps. Lori Trahan and Jake Auchincloss to visit schools in Milford and Lowell.
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May 18, 2022
Today, the U.S. Department of Education published new guidance to assist institutions in providing mental health supports for students, faculty, and staff. The guidance will help colleges support students as they navigate mental health challenges exacerbated by the pandemic.
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May 17, 2022
Yesterday, the U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR) resolved two complaints against San Juan Bautista School of Medicine, a private medical school in Puerto Rico.
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May 16, 2022
Today, the U.S. Department of Education announced plans for a first-of-its-kind virtual summit, Recovery to Thriving: Supporting Mental Health & Students with Disabilities, to highlight steps schools, colleges and communities can take to support students with disabilities and students with mental health needs.
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May 16, 2022
By: Neven Holland, Treadwell Elementary, Memphis-Shelby County Schools (MSCS), Tennessee “It’s the difficulty that keeps me here. It’s the opportunity to give my students in an underserved neighborhood with limited resources the high-quality teachers they deserve,” says my teacher colleague Armani Alexander. Despite all the difficulties of pandemic teaching, there is still this culture to