The plan is already on hold pending US Supreme Court intervention but Republicans in Congress are determined to block it before the court rules.
Author: Alia Wong, USA TODAY
When will student loan payments resume? A new lawsuit aims to lift the payment pause
The suit challenges the legality of the department’s decision to continue extending the student loan payment pause without approval from Congress.
At Head Start, federal judge permanently ends COVID vaccine mandate for staff
A federal judge has vacated a policy that required all teachers and staff at the federal early-childhood education program to be vaccinated.
Educational model wanted students ‘to be nice.’ That’s controversial in Florida now under DeSantis.
A review of district records shows how some public schools are distancing themselves from SEL lessons amid accusations that they’re indoctrination.
With Biden’s student loan debt forgiveness in limbo, lawmakers consider colleges’ role
At a hearing meant to poke holes in the Biden administration’s mass debt relief plan, both Republicans and Democrats agreed schools should have more skin in the game.
DEI came to colleges with a bang. Now, these red states are on a mission to snuff it out.
Republicans in Iowa, Missouri, South Carolina, Texas and beyond want to outlaw DEI practices in higher education. Some worry about the consequences.
How does Wellesley College’s decision on trans students stack up to other women’s colleges?
Students voted to open admission to transgender men, but leaders say the policy won’t change. How do other women’s colleges compare?
Equal Pay Day? Not for teachers. Why men make more than women in female-dominated field.
Teachers tend to be on salary schedules that prevent gender disparities. But discrimination persists when it comes to this hidden source of income.
‘We just keep getting hit’: Borrowers rally over Supreme Court case on student loan debt relief
Current and former students say the debt has prevented them from meeting goals and basic needs. A conservative-leaning court could mean the loans continue.
What happens to diversity when many teachers of color are new hires and layoffs come
A growing body of research shows the powerful impact a teacher of color can have on a student, particularly one who isn’t white.