U.S. Department of Education
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NAACP Sues Education Secretary Over COVID-19 School Money
The NAACP said it’s exposed severe racial inequalities that continue to plague the country’s education system and disadvantaged students of…
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New College Sexual Assault Rules Issued
The Trump administration has issued final guidelines that will significantly affect the way sexual assault allegations are handled on college…
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PRIMAS: Education and Civil Rights Groups Want Action to Support the Nation’s Most Vulnerable Students
In efforts to support states, districts and individual schools as they face unprecedented challenges amid the COVID-19 pandemic, congressional leaders…
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DeVos Hands For-Profit Colleges $11.1 Billion Over 10 Years
Rather than saving taxpayer dollars, it seems that this new rule is guaranteeing a taxpayer-funded revenue stream for the benefit…
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Racial Disparities Evident in Financial Aid for Students: Report
A new report from the U.S. Department of Education documents differences in the percentages of Black and white college students…
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Department of Education to Cancel $150M in Student Loans
Approximately 15,000 students who took out federal loans to pay for their education at a list of mostly proprietary schools…
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PRIMAS: School Choice Not the Right Choice for All Students
When the best educators in America traveled to Washington, D.C., for a series of events celebrating innovation in the classroom…
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Is Betsy DeVos Hindering Student Loan Protections?
Thousands of students who enrolled in now-defunct programs were left with debts that the U.S. Education Department's delay in rule-making…
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Blacks Default on Student Loans at Higher Rate: Report
Nearly half of African-American students are in default on their federal student loans, and some 12 years later they will…
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Blacks Face Structural Hurdles for Student Loans, Report Shows
African-American borrowers owed more on undergraduate loans 12 years after entering college than what they originally borrowed, according to an…
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