DepartmentofEducation

'In shock': Public servants celebrate as loan forgiveness program finally starts working

Teachers, social workers, firefighters, members of the military, and other government and nonprofit workers are seeing their student debt wiped clean thanks to the Biden administration’s overhaul of …

Fri Jan 21, 2022

Education Department opens civil rights inquiries into five GOP-led states banning mask mandates

The Department of Education notified five Republican-led states Monday that it was launching investigations into whether their prohibitions on mask mandates in schools are violating the civil rights …

Tue Aug 31, 2021

Education Secretary Miguel Cardona ends policy blocking undocumented students from emergency funds

The Biden administration has reversed guidance by the prior administration that barred Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) recipients and other undocumented students from pandemic relief. …

Tue May 11, 2021