The Education Department adjusted how it calculates student loan payments to correct past errors, resulting in 804,000 peoples’ balances erased.
Author: Nirvi Shah, USA TODAY
Many school principals left their jobs during the pandemic. How are students affected?
A greater number of principals left their jobs in the middle of the pandemic compared with five years earlier. That can be bad for students.
NAEP scores: US sees sharp decline in basic reading, math skills among nation’s 13-year-olds
Declines on a version of the Nation’s Report Card, or NAEP, for 13-year-olds show some of the sharpest declines in the test’s history.
Department of Justice sues Norfolk Southern over February train derailment in rural Ohio
Norfolk Southern operates a freight railroad of over 35,000 miles of track in 22 states. The DOJ filed a suit Thursday in federal district court.
Los Angeles schools closed as strike begins; negotiations at a standstill
The Los Angeles school system will be closed Tuesday because of a planned strike by tens of thousands of teachers and other school employees.
Students lost months of learning due to COVID school closures. What can parents do to help?
New research concludes that school disruptions triggered by COVID-19 set kids around the world back by about a third of a year. Is this reversible?
Can Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis recreate Michigan’s Hillsdale College in his state?
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis wants to create a Hillsdale of the South by reshaping New College of Florida. Here’s what to know about the college he aims to emulate.