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Wondering if your loans will be forgiven? Here’s what to know about the Supreme Court case

Wondering if your loans will be forgiven? Here’s what to know about the Supreme Court case

by Molly Burke | Feb 27, 2023 | Education, Featured

WASHINGTON — For those waiting for their student loans to disappear after applying last fall to a new government loan forgiveness plan, answers may be coming soon. The Supreme Court will hear arguments on Tuesday on cases challenging President Joe Biden’s plan...
Special education faces ‘crisis-level shortages’ of teachers, experts say

Special education faces ‘crisis-level shortages’ of teachers, experts say

by Monica Sager and Susanti Sarkar | Feb 11, 2023 | Education

Betsy Kling was faced with a desk full of papers. There were stacks of documents — at least 20 to 40 pages per student. And because there were not enough teachers to match the students’ individual special education needs, the work kept piling up with no end in...
Supreme Court mulls questions about students’ accessibility rights

Supreme Court mulls questions about students’ accessibility rights

by Monica Sager and Susanti Sarkar | Jan 21, 2023 | Education, Featured

WASHINGTON — Miguel Perez, a 23-year-old deaf student from Michigan, petitioned the Supreme Court today to decide if he was entitled to financial compensation for Perez’s lack of proper accessibility support in his public school. The case brings to light...
More than half nation’s school districts face teacher shortages, data show

More than half nation’s school districts face teacher shortages, data show

by Monica Sager | Jan 14, 2023 | Education, Featured

WASHINGTON — More than half of school districts across the country have reported shortages in teachers, according to researchers who attended an event hosted Thursday by the U.S. Department of Education that focused on addressing these shortages. “We know...

Young voters make their voices heard in Wisconsin

by Rashida Sherie Anderson-Abdullah | Nov 9, 2022 | Education

Young voters in Wisconsin have a higher impact in elections compared to their counterparts in other states. Rashida Anderson-Abdullah speaks to students of University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire students before the 2022 gubernatorial and congressional district...
Loudoun County school board candidates offer opposing views on the county’s equity initiatives

Loudoun County school board candidates offer opposing views on the county’s equity initiatives

by Rashida Sherie Anderson-Abdullah | Nov 2, 2022 | Education

WASHINGTON – Just two months after Loudoun County Public Schools released a report on its plan to increase equity in its schools, three candidates for that Northern Virginia county’s school board presented opposing views on the subject during a debate last week.  The...
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