Education of any kind is now a partisan issue. The Trump administration is refusing to publicize data that bear on the needs of marginalized people because American conservatives are now dead set against the very idea of public education of any kind.
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Posted inEducation in America
The Office of Federal Student Aid Is Under Attack
Students will pay the price for gutting a key agency for disbursing federal aid and overseeing private student loan companies.
Posted inLaw and Justice
Free Speech Police
Under the Trump administration, every law enforcement agency is an immigration agency. And that often means attempting to deport people for their political beliefs, particularly about Israel.
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Gutting the Student Loan Program
Today on TAP: The budget bill’s assault on universities, students, parents—and gift for Wall Street
Posted inBooks, Arts and Culture
How Public Media Cuts Hurt Kids
Essential education programming for children in underserved communities is threatened by the proposed elimination of Corporation for Public Broadcasting funding.
Posted inEducation in America
Borrowers Besieged
Student debtors are under attack on all sides. Government contractors make their life miserable, and financial predators are poised to capitalize.
Posted inEducation in America
Republicans Opt to Make Education an Upper-Class Privilege
The goal is to save money on higher-education assistance to pay for tax cuts for the rich.
Posted inEducation in America
Trump’s Plan to Dismantle Education Department Threatens Classroom Funding
Federal cuts would hurt students with disabilities, English learners and poor districts the most.
Posted inPodcasts
Trump’s Assault on Universities
The president and Elon Musk are obliterating one of America’s greatest engines of prosperity. Why?
Posted inEducation in America
Conservatives Have Big Plans for D.C. Public Schools
Making vouchers universal in D.C. would be universally unpopular, but there’s nothing to stop the GOP.
