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The Latest Breaking News from the Education Department

Trump Administration to Expedite Student Loan Forgiveness Programme Under Court Deal

The Trump Administration will speed up student loan cancellation for those under income-driven repayment programmes, shielding borrowers from unexpected tax bills next year.

International Business Times UK

Education Department layoffs hit offices that oversee special education and civil rights enforcement

A new round of layoffs at the Education Department is depleting an agency that was already hit hard in the Trump administration’s previous mass firings, threatening new disruption to the nation’s students and schools

The Independent UK

Staff overseeing $15 billion in special education funding is gutted by Trump’s shutdown layoffs: report

An estimated 7.5 million students with disabilities will be impacted by the latest move

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US Education Department Restarts Student-Loan Forgiveness for Borrowers on Income-Based Repayment Plans

US student-loan borrowers on income-based repayment plans could see their debts paid off in the coming months after the Education Department resumed a forgiveness program following a pause of several months.

International Business Times UK

The government shutdown will halt some work at a diminished Education Department

The government shutdown means further disruption for the U.S. Education Department, which has seen half of its employees laid off by the Trump administration

The Independent UK

Trump administration to hold back grants from NYC, Chicago, Fairfax schools over bathroom policies

The Trump administration says three major public school districts could lose $24 million in funding because of their policies supporting transgender students

The Independent UK

Denver school district pushes back but hasn't decided whether to change all-gender bathrooms

Denver school officials are pushing back against a U.S. Education Department finding that its all-gender bathrooms violate Title IX protections against sex-based discrimination

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Millions of student loan borrowers are bracing to have up to 15% of their wages garnished by the government

Some student loan borrowers could be left with only $217 per week.

Fortune

Donald Trump targeting programs for Black students as ‘illegal’

Federal investigations into programs for Black kids? Really…

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Key things to know about how Trump's war on higher education has ensnared an unexpected campus

The University of Colorado-Colorado Springs has faced challenges under the Trump administration’s higher education policies

The Independent UK

Justice Department won't defend grants for Hispanic-serving colleges, calling them unconstitutional

The Trump administration said Friday it will not defend a decades-old grant program for heavily Hispanic universities that is being challenged in court, declaring that the government believes the funding is unconstitutional

The Independent UK

Justice Dept. declines to defend grants for Hispanic-serving colleges, calling them unconstitutional

The Trump administration says it will not defend a decades-old grant program for heavily Hispanic universities that is being challenged in court, declaring that the government believes the funding is unconstitutional

The Independent UK

Education Department Plans To Transfer Some Student Loans Operated By This Servicer By Year's End — Here's What We Know

The Education Department will begin shifting an unspecified number of federal student loans away from MOHELA to other servicers by year's end, according to recent correspondence between Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Education Secretary Linda McMahon.

Benzinga

Donald Trump’s own appointed judge just turned on him in his war

It's hard to fool someone who works for the law.

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The Independent UK

Some workers would be excluded from student loan forgiveness program for 'illegal' activity

The Trump administration has proposed changes to the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program that could exclude teachers, social workers and nurses if their employers engage in activities deemed illegal

The Independent UK

A look at colleges with federal money targeted by the Trump administration

Several elite U.S. colleges have made deals with President Donald Trump’s administration, offering concessions to his political agenda and financial payments to restore federal money that had been withheld

Kiplinger

Big Changes Are Ahead for Higher Ed

A major reform of higher ed is underway. Colleges are bracing for abrupt change, financial headwinds and uncertainty.

The Independent UK

Education Department says it will release billions in remaining withheld grant money for schools

The Trump administration is releasing billions of dollars in grants to schools for adult literacy, English language instruction and other programs, the Education Department said Friday

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Trump’s Big Ugly Bill just raised your student debt but don’t worry, his kids never needed loans

Yay, more debt.

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Trump administration pauses student loan forgiveness with no explanation. Here’s what it means

Income-Based Repayment plans are one of four repayment options offered by the federal government that are calculated by how much a borrower earns

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What's happening with forgiveness for student loans on income-based repayment plans?

Amid a federal overhaul of student loan plans, many borrowers have been left wondering what it means for their hopes of loan forgiveness

The Independent UK

Education Department will release some frozen grants supporting after-school and summer programs

The Education Department plans to release previously withheld grant money for after-school programs

The Independent UK

Civil rights work is slowing as Trump dismantles the Education Department, agency data shows

Data from the Education Department shows the pace at which it resolves civil rights complaints has slowed as the Trump administration dismantles the agency

The Independent UK

University of Michigan faces federal investigation after two Chinese students arrested for smuggling biological materials

The University of Michigan is under federal scrutiny after two Chinese scientists linked to the school were separately charged with smuggling biological materials into the United States.

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Supreme Court backs Donald Trumps master strategy to eliminate education before people learn what fascism means

Justice Sonia Sotomayor calls the decision "indefensible."

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