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Department Of Education

  1. what we know
    Biden Touts $1.2 Billion in Student Loan Relief With Eye to 2024
    What to Know About the New Student-Loan-Forgiveness PlansBiden’s relief measures and proposals are good news for borrowers — if you can figure out their looming deadlines and complexity.
    By Lynnley Browning, Nia Prater, and Chas Danner
  2. politics
    Some Student-Loan Borrowers Get a Nice SurpriseThose eligible for loan forgiveness under the SAVE plan will have their balances cleared in February, months ahead of schedule.
    By Nia Prater
  3. student debt
    Biden Administration Extends Student Loan Payment Freeze to January 2022The Biden administration extended the pause on payments, which was set to expire at the end of September. It’s expected to be the final extension.
    By Nia Prater
  4. department of education
    The Green New Deal for Public Schools Goes Way Beyond ClassroomsIncluding fruit trees, solar panels, lead-free pipes, and community-resiliency centers.
    By Diana Budds
  5. betsy devos
    Betsy DeVos: Stop Using ‘My Name As Clickbait’Speaking voluntarily in front of a room full of education writers, DeVos said, “I don’t enjoy the publicity that comes with my position.”
    By Matt Stieb
  6. betsy devos
    Betsy DeVos Wants to Eliminate All Federal Funding for the Special OlympicsFor the third year in a row, DeVos hopes to cut federal funding for the program — a small financial gesture, but one that shows where priorities lie.
    By Matt Stieb
  7. Betsy DeVos Announces Rollback of Title IX Guidance on Campus Sexual Assault“The truth is that the system established by the prior administration has failed too many students,” DeVos said.
    By Adam K. Raymond
  8. department of education
    Betsy DeVos Announces Rollback of Title IX Guidance on Campus Sexual Assault“The truth is that the system established by the prior administration has failed too many students,” DeVos said.
    By Adam K. Raymond
  9. campus sexual assault
    Betsy DeVos Is Expected to Make a Major Announcement on Campus Sexual AssaultShe’s speaking at George Mason University on Thursday.
    By Claire Landsbaum
  10. job hunting
    Official Hired by Trump Literally Listed Attacking Hillary Clinton on Her RésuméCandice Jackson is not concerned with subtlety.
    By Claire Landsbaum
  11. education
    Betsy DeVos Knew How to Wield Power in Michigan. It’s Not Working in D.C.Who is she? And how did she get to be head of our schools?
    By Lisa Miller
  12. politics
    DOE Official Says Most Campus Assault Claims Are Hookups Gone Wrong, Apologizes“[Most] accusations fall into the category of ‘we were both drunk,’ ‘we broke up, and six months later I found myself under a Title IX investigation.”
    By Claire Landsbaum
  13. 18 States Sue Betsy DeVos for Refusing to Enforce Student-Loan ProtectionsThe Education secretary is blocking new rules that would make it easier for students defrauded by for-profit colleges to have their debts forgiven.
    By Eric Levitz
  14. What Is the Department of Education Hiding About Title IX Investigations?The National Women’s Law Center wants to find out.
    By Dayna Evans
  15. DeVos Appoints Professional Clinton-Hater to Key Civil-Rights PositionThe woman who will for the time being run DoEd’s Office of Civil Rights has has quite the career of ideological extremism and intense partisanship.
    By Ed Kilgore
  16. select all
    Department of Education Misspells W.E.B. Du Bois Tweet, Also Misspells ApologyHappy Black History Month!
    By Madison Malone Kircher
  17. Betsy DeVos Asked Twitter a Question, and Twitter Was Not AmusedWarning: Potential grizzlies ahead.
    By Jared T. Miller
  18. WATCH: Betsy DeVos Was Just Confirmed in an Unprecedented Tiebreaker VoteVice-President Mike Pence delivered the first tie-breaking vote for a cabinet appointee in history.
    By Christine Nguyen and Jared T. Miller
  19. trump transition
    Does Betsy DeVos Really Believe in Public Schools?The would-be secretary of Education is committed to eroding accountability for the use of taxpayers’ education funding.
    By Ed Kilgore
  20. White House Cracks Down on For-Profit CollegesThe Department of Education plans to issue a rule that would forgive billions of dollars in loans granted to hundreds of thousands of students at for-profit schools that have defrauded or misled them.
    By Michelle Celarier
  21. America Brings Home Bad Report CardHigh-school seniors in the U.S. showed no gains in math or reading skills in 2015. Only 37 percent were prepared for college coursework.
    By Eric Levitz
  22. trans issues
    U.S.: Trans Student Has Right to Use Locker RoomThe school district must allow the girl access to the girls’ locker room or face sanctions.
    By Jessica Roy
  23. One of the Last Remaining Members of Obama’s Original Cabinet Is Stepping DownSay good-bye to Secretary of Education Arne Duncan. His likely successor is a Brooklynite.
    By Jen Kirby
  24. school daze
    Substitute Teacher Fired for Asking Kids for Relationship Advice She kept it G-rated.
    By Caroline Bankoff
  25. redemption
    We Pardon Spitzer, But Still Judge Former Sex Workers (Like Me)I would be fine with politicians’ redemption if sex workers were allowed the same dignity of returning to normalcy.
    By Melissa Petro
  26. school daze
    NYC DOE Scrapping Plan to Eliminate Dinosaurs and Unpleasant Topics From Citywide TestsCreatures from outer space are back in business.
    By Brett Smiley
  27. school daze
    Dinosaurs and Aliens Banned From Citywide TestsThe Department of Education is no fun at all. 
    By Caroline Bankoff
  28. crimes and misdemeanors
    Are Teachers the New Cops?Fourteen Department of Education employees have been arrested so far this year.
    By Joe Coscarelli
  29. Rupert Murdoch Can’t Get Enough of the NYC DoEHe makes yet another hire from the schools administration.
    By Noreen Malone
  30. education
    NYC Closing or Cutting Down 25 SchoolsThe Department of Education has unveiled their contraction plans.
    By Joe Coscarelli
  31. sexual harassment
    Bronx Pervert Principal Headed to Sensitivity TrainingIt sounds like he needs a lot of it.
    By Joe Coscarelli
  32. city report card
    Queens Schools Come Out on Top in City Report Card72 percent of its schools got A or B grade, compared to 47 percent in the Bronx.
    By Andre Tartar
  33. school daze
    Even Raising a Child Genius Might Not Get Your Kindergartner Into a Good SchoolThirteen percent more NYC kindergartners tested “gifted.”
    By Nitasha Tiku
  34. U.S. Fines Virginia Tech Over 2007 ShootingFor failing to alert its campus fast enough.
    By Julie Gerstein
  35. school daze
    Department of Ed to Launch New Elementary School in Lower ManhattanThis will help with the neighborhood’s overcrowding problem.
    By Chris Rovzar
  36. school daze
    City Unveils List of 4,600 Teachers to Be Cut If Albany Doesn’t Change ‘Last In, First Out’Naturally, the cuts would affect poor neighborhoods first.
    By Chris Rovzar
  37. school daze
    DOE Closes Website for School Principals to Shop for Hidden CamerasNow where are they going to buy pencil-sharpener cameras?
    By Nitasha Tiku
  38. school daze
    Just Because Our Students Are Graduating, Doesn’t Mean They Learned MuchWho needs a career or college anyway, right?
    By Nitasha Tiku
  39. bad education
    Graduates Lack Basic Skills, and So Do the Companies Hired to Turn That AroundGraduation rates are up, but is anyone learning anything?
    By Nitasha Tiku