Department of Education
COVID-19: NYC Public Advocate Calls for Further Delay of School Reopening
[NYC School Reopening] Williams: “The City must change its thinking away from focusing on a date and instead focus on accommodating the most vulnerable ...
COVID-19: UFT Teachers Union Announce Sweeping Safety Protocols
[UFT\ COVID-19 Safety Protocols] UFT: “While our members want to be back in their classrooms, the safety of our students, their families and our ...
NEW YORK MAYOR ANNOUNCES CORONAVIRUS SCHOOL CLOSINGS IN BRONX
[Coronavirus\Mayor de Blasio] The Department of Education will completely disinfect the building, and it will be closed for an initial 24-hour period. Photo: YouTube
HOUSE DEMOCRATS DENOUNCE BETSY DEVOS’ DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION “BORROWERS DEFENSE RULE”
[Department of Education\”Borrower’s Defense Rule”] Rep. Scott: “Instead of maintaining the Obama-era Borrower Defense rule, which provides a fair and streamlined process to provide ...
UNCF PRAISES FY2020 FUNDING PACKAGE THAT WOULD BENEFIT HBCU’S AND LOW-INCOME COLLEGE STUDENTS
[Education\UNCF] UNCF CEO Dr. Michael L. Lomax: “We have literally fought all year long for HBCUs and the kind of need-based funding beneficial for ...
HOUSE EDUCATION & LABOR COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN SCOTT PRAISES “FUTURE ACT” LEGISLATION TO FUND MINORITY COLLEGES
[Education\Funding HBCU’s, TCU’s & MSI’s] Virginia Rep. Bobby Scott: “Historically Black Colleges and Universities, Tribally Controlled Colleges or Universities, and other Minority-Serving Institutions play ...
NY FED REPORT ON STUDENT DEBT REQUESTED BY SENATOR BOOKER DETAILS SIGNIFICANT RACIAL DISPARITIES
[Education News\Student Debt] Seth Frotman, Executive Director of the Student Borrower Protection Center: “This is a devastating indictment of the toll student debt is ...
CONGRESSIONAL DEMOCRATS INTRODUCE PELL GRANT RESTORATION LEGISLATION FOR STUDENT VICTIMS OF PREDATORY FOR-PROFIT COLLEGES
[Education News] Senator Elizabeth Warren: “Students who get cheated by a predatory, for-profit college should not lose their Pell Grant eligibility. I’m glad to ...
NY ATTORNEY GENERAL JAMES BRINGS LAWSUIT AGAINST COMPANY FOR RUNNING STUDENT LOAN RELIEF SCAM
[Student Loan News] NY Attorney General James: “Higher education is supposed to be a gateway to prosperity, not a trapdoor to financial ruin. Equitable ...
SECRETARY OF EDUCATION BETSY DEVOS SUED OVER NATIONAL STUDENT DEBT DEBACLE
[Education News] AFT President Randi Weingarten: “Public Service Loan Forgiveness is a right, but Betsy DeVos has turned it into a crapshoot.” Photo: Facebook
