Caroline Purser | The image bank | Getty Images How many debts are cancelled? Did I receive a Pell Grant? Chances are you received one as part of your financial aid package while in college: Of the estimated 43 million borrowers who will benefit from the administration’s forgiveness plan, more than 60% are Pell Grant … Read more
UVALDE, Texas (AP) — Elsa Avila slithered to her phone, terrified as she held the bleeding side of her abdomen and tried to stay calm for her students. In a text to her family that she intended to send to other teachers at Uvalde, she wrote: “I am devastated. For the first time in 30 … Read more
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — In a failed attempt to bar the admission into evidence of multiple swastikas, a Florida school shooter Nicholas Cruz shot on assignments, his lawyers made an unusual argument Thursday during his penalty trial: He was an equal opportunity killer who shot his victims regardless of race or religion. The lawyers … Read more
President Joe Biden says he hopes his proposal to cancel federal student loans will narrow the nation’s racial wealth gap. But a generation of black and Hispanic Americans have been disproportionately excluded from one of the keys to Biden’s plan: the Pell Grant program. As a member of “war on drugs” — a massive anti-crime … Read more
Student debt activists gather outside the White House a day after President Biden announced a plan that would forgive $10,000 in student loan debt for those earning less than $125,000 a year in Washington, DC, on August 25, 2022. The Washington Post | The Washington Post | Getty Images When the US Department of Education … Read more
CNN — The teachers’ union in Columbus, Ohio, voted on Sunday to ratify a agreement with Columbus City Schoolswhich will allow students to resume in-person learning on Monday after a day-long strike over classroom conditions and teacher pay. A majority of members of the teachers’ union, Columbus Education Association, voted to accept the deal, union … Read more
CNN — Americans across the country are sharing their mixed reactions to President Joe Biden’s decision to forgive up to $20,000 in student loan debt for millions of borrowers. Biden announced on Wednesday that borrowers who hold loans from the Department of Education and earn less than $125,000 a year are eligible for up to … Read more
Washington CNN — Doug Mastriano, the Republican candidate for governor in Pennsylvania, posing in a Confederate military uniform in a 2013-2014 faculty photo at the Army War College, a photo obtained by Reuters shows. Teachers at the school, where Mastriano worked at the time, were given the choice of dressing as historical figures, people familiar … Read more
CNN — of President Joe Biden student loan debt relief plan should primarily help working-class and middle-class borrowers, according to an updated report from an influential research group. That’s a change from his earlier projection that more high-income borrowers would get basic loan forgiveness. About 75% of the profits will go to households earning $88,000 … Read more
President Joe Bidenit is student loan cancellation plan will soon cancel the debt of millions of Americans – and the relief is tax exempt on federal returns. However, experts say cancellation can still trigger a state tax bill. Most borrowers earning less than $125,000 a year or $250,000 for married couples who file together will … Read more
