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Education Department punishes student loan servicer for billing mistakes
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WASHINGTON (NPR) — The U.S. Department of Education has taken the unusual step of punishing one of the largest federal student loan servicers for failing to send on-time billing statements… Read More
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Judge rules to erase the student loans of 200K borrowers who say they were ripped off
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SAN FRANCISCO (NPR) — A federal judge in San Francisco granted final approval Wednesday to a settlement that could cancel at least $6 billion in federal student loans for approximately… Read More
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Borrowers who were cut out of student loan relief describe ‘a gut punch’
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Updated October 19, 2022 at 11:20 AM ET WASHINGTON, D.C. (NPR) — Listen closely. Between the din of supporters cheering the cancellation of some federal student loan debts, and the… Read More
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In a reversal, the Education Dept. is excluding many from student loan relief
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Updated September 29, 2022 at 4:28 PM ET WASHINGTON, D.C. (NPR) — In a remarkable reversal that will affect the fortunes of many student loan borrowers, the U.S. Department of… Read More
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Beware, new student loan borrowers: Interest rates are about to jump
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WASHINGTON, D.C. (NPR) — With so much talk these days of when or whether President Biden will broadly cancel student debt – and with payments and interest on that debt… Read More
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The student loan pause has been extended until the end of the summer
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WASHINGTON, D.C. (NPR) — The Biden administration announced Wednesday that it is again extending the moratorium on federal student loan payments, interest and collections, this time until summer’s end, Aug…. Read More
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How the student loan safety net has failed low-income borrowers
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Updated April 1, 2022 at 9:28 AM ET WASHINGTON, D.C. (NPR) — A federal program intended to help low-income student loan borrowers, and eventually offer them debt cancellation, has failed… Read More
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The expanded child tax credit briefly slashed child poverty. Here’s what else it did
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WASHINGTON, D.C. (NPR) — Blink and you could have missed it. For six months, the United States experimented with an idea that’s new here but is already a backstitch in… Read More
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A Troubled Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program Will Get An Overhaul
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WASHINGTON, D.C. (NPR) — A troubled student debt relief program for teachers, police officers and other public service workers will soon get the makeover that borrowers have been demanding. Next… Read More
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More Than 6,500 Teachers Have Had Unfair Student Debts Erased
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After an NPR investigation led to an overhaul of the troubled TEACH Grant program, the U.S. Department of Education says teachers have had nearly $44 million in loans turned back into grants.
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For Students With Disabilities, Schools Say They Have To Do Better In The Fall
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When U.S. schools went online-only in the spring, many struggled to provide vital services to students with disabilities. Families, advocates and many educators say this fall has to be different.
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Food Fight: How 2 Trump Proposals Could Bite Into School Lunch
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The pending federal rule changes could push a million kids off free or reduced-price school meals, at least temporarily.
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Betsy DeVos Overruled Education Dept. Findings On Defrauded Student Borrowers
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The education secretary says many students who were defrauded by for-profit colleges don’t deserve full relief from their loans. Department memos show career staff arguing the opposite.
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Betsy DeVos And The High-Stakes Standoff Over Student Loan Forgiveness
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The Education Department narrowly avoids a subpoena in a fight with House Democrats over forgiving the loans of defrauded student borrowers.
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Congress Promised Student Borrowers A Break. Education Dept. Rejected 99% Of Them
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When a loan forgiveness program for public servants wasn’t working, Congress created a temporary fix. Documents obtained by NPR show that the program didn’t fix much.