Education

Student loan forgiveness is politically popular. But not all Democrats are on board

5:00pm August 26, 2022

by Deepa Shivaram

President Biden made a promise during his campaign to forgive student loan debt. Months before the midterm elections, he made the call, but how much will it benefit him and Democrats politically?

Missouri schools are taking books off shelves due to 'sexually explicit' content ban

4:14pm August 26, 2022

by Kate Grumke

Librarians in Missouri are preparing for a law that bans school personnel from providing sexually explicit material to students — an escalation in the effort to remove books from schools, some say.

What to know if you're hoping for student loan cancellation

4:14pm August 26, 2022

NPR's Sequoia Carrillo and Carolina Rodriguez of the Education Debt Consumer Assistance Program examine Biden's announcement and help answer some questions about how this might actually work.

Education

Biden administration recognizes Guilford County Schools for tutoring program

12:26pm August 26, 2022

by Amy Diaz

The Guilford County School district received national attention from the Biden-Harris administration for its spending of COVID-19 relief funds.

Education

After 4 decades in the classroom, a Texas teacher is keeping history alive

8:09am August 26, 2022

Nelva Williamson, a Houston public school history teacher, didn't think she'd end up in the classroom — even though her mom was a teacher. She tells her son about how her love of learning began.

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Examining President Biden's student loan forgiveness program

8:09am August 26, 2022

President Biden's student loan forgiveness plan is designed to help low-income borrowers. But many will still have loans to pay off after Biden's changes.

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Does Biden's student loan plan do enough for Black graduates?

8:09am August 26, 2022

NPR's Rachel Martin talks to Wisdom Cole, national director of the NAACP Youth and College Division, about the Biden administration's student loan forgiveness program.

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News brief: Wyoming economic summit, student debt equity, nuclear plant at risk

6:17am August 26, 2022

The Fed chair speaks in Jackson Hole, Wyo. President Biden's student loan plan is designed to help low-income borrowers. Conditions deteriorate at a Ukrainian nuclear plant under Russian control.

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In what's believed to be the first case of its kind, a student argued that his university violated his Fourth Amendment rights when it asked him for a webcam recording of his testing space.

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Scanning students' rooms during remote tests is unconstitutional, judge rules

7:17pm August 25, 2022

by Emma Bowman

In what's believed to be the first case of its kind, a student argued that Cleveland State University violated his Fourth Amendment rights when he complied with a webcam recording of his exam space.

Uvalde families are grappling with 1st school year since deadly shooting

5:22pm August 25, 2022

In Uvalde, Texas, the community is still grieving three months after a deadly shooting at Robb Elementary, and are now responding to school district police chief Pete Arredondo's firing.

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