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How Biden’s student-debt relief is helping these borrowers: ‘I can pay rent and utilities’

PHILADELPHIA -- For some of the 43 million federal student loan borrowers, President Joe Biden’s cancellation of $10,000 to $20,000 in student loan debt, announced last week, could be life-changing.

The Philadelphia Inquirer

Primary principal told to choose between kids when allocating Special Needs Assistants 'delighted' officials overturned decision

Anne Marie Ford and Scoil Naomh Colmcille in Co Louth had battled to overturn the decision after being told to 'reprioritise'

Irish Mirror

How to stay protected from student loan scammers on the prowl

Amid President Joe Biden's announcement that his administration will be forgiving up to $20,000 in federal student loans, scammers may be looking to take advantage of borrowers.

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Dublin parents 'worried sick' over lack of bus places ahead of return to school

The Department of Education confirmed that there were a record 130,000 applications this year after bus fees were waived to combat inflation

Dublin Live

Key things to know about Joe Biden’s student loan plan

US President Joe Biden announced some limited student loan forgiveness this week. Here is what we know so far.

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Will Biden's Student Loan Debt Cancellation Plan Hold Up in Court?

The president claims broad authority to act under a post-9/11 law.

Reason

Student loan sites crash after Biden announcement

Surge of interest overwhelms unprepared system

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Student loan forgiveness: what you need to know about Biden’s plan

Who qualifies and how to apply for the forgiveness plan, and will the student loan payment freeze be extended?

The Guardian - US

Biden Lays Out Student Loan Relief Plan: Do You Qualify For Forgiveness?

President Joe Biden on Wednesday announced plans to forgive a portion of federal student debt for qualified borrowers and to extend the loan payment freeze until the end of the year.

Benzinga

Florida school district rejects dictionary donations amid state's new book law

Several GOP-led states have imposed restrictions on book content targeting topics like race, gender and sexuality.

Axios

Florida private Christian school tells all LGBT+ students to ‘leave immediately’

The $6,595-a-year school also said staff ‘would refer to students only by biological gender’

The Independent UK

Biden administration forgives $3.9 billion in student loans at ITT Technical Institute

The Department of Education announced Tuesday that it was putting forward another round of loan cancellations for former students of a closed for-profit college.

Tribune News Service

NI schools face further strikes in new term as teaching union ballots on industrial action

Teachers are demanding a rise in pay that is in keeping with inflation and reflects their contribution to society

Belfast Live

Integrated education in Northern Ireland: why progress is slow despite support

Support in Northern Ireland for integrated education – schools attended by both Protestant and Catholic children – is high. There are many factors behind this, including the view that separate schools perpetuate divisions and are an anachronism in an increasingly secularised society.

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Policies that notify Virginia parents of ‘sexually explicit content’ in school materials are on the way

NORFOLK, Va. — Virginia school boards have until the end of the year to adopt policies to inform parents if any instructional materials contain sexually explicit content, the latest step in the debate over what and how children should be taught.

Belfast Live

Northern Ireland Education Minister urged to further increase school uniform grant as parents struggle with rising costs

It has emerged that some schools are charging as much as £600 for parents to buy branded uniforms

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Federal judge blocks Biden administration guidance on transgender students

A federal judge from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee on July 15, 2022, struck down a Department of Education order that aims to protect transgender students and workers from discrimination.

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Fears for safety of disabled student at Walgett Community College

The family of a severely disabled child, who is bound for a notoriously violent rural high school, fear a bump or knock could cost him his life.

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WA Education Minister declines to answer attendance plan questions amid Halls Creek high school probe

The Department of Education is questioning its own staff in response to an ABC investigation that raised allegations that attendance plans for students were botched.

Tribune News Service

Biden’s slow-walk on student loans means more pressure to go big

WASHINGTON — While President Joe Biden draws out his decision on forgiving student loans, progressive lawmakers, civil rights groups, labor leaders and other advocates are taking the opportunity to press him to aim for more than $10,000 per borrower.

Wales Online

Survey finds 32% of girls ‘cannot access period products at school’

Girlguiding is calling on the Department of Education to fully evaluate England’s Period Products Scheme and make it permanent

Irish Mirror

Thousands of Irish families have just days left to apply for €500 saving

Bus Eireann issued the reminder to parents this week as their new application is due to close in just two days - on Friday, July 29 2022

Los Angeles Times

California private school and staffers indicted in death of 13-year-old autistic boy

A now-shuttered Sacramento-area private school for special needs students and three of its former employees have been indicted in connection with the 2018 death of a 13-year-old autistic boy, who was held in a face-down restraint for nearly two hours, authorities said.

Birmingham Post

Training to help Manchester residents into employment after a career break awarded £7m

The bootcamps will support people aged 19 and over

The Independent UK

36 people injured after school bus overturns in the Bronx

There were no children on board the bus, which was full of adult bus drivers on their way to provide transport for an NYC summer school program

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