Thanks to dedicated state programs, young Minnesotans get to flex their voting muscles early.
Education in America
Posted inEducation in America
Breaking the Public Schools
Red states are enacting universal education vouchers, threatening budget calamity and potentially degrading student achievement.
Posted inEducation in America
The Self-Imposed October Surprise
The Education Department’s protections for student loan borrowers who have missed payments end today.
Posted inEducation in America
Navient Kicked Out of Student Loan System That It Already Left
The company was a bad student loan servicer; so are its successors. The problem is that private servicers can’t make a profit without harming borrowers.
Posted inEducation in America
For-Profit College Students Sue MOHELA for Not Delivering Promised Debt Forgiveness
Kamala Harris has touted debt cancellation for defrauded students. But two years after cancellations were announced, some borrowers are still being harassed for payment.
Posted inTAP
Trump’s Supreme Court Trashes Student Debt Relief
Today on TAP: The conversion of the high court into a body of opportunistic partisan hacks, courtesy of Trump’s three appointees, needs to be a bigger issue in the election.
Posted inHealth and Social Policy
Will the Care Agenda Make It This Time?
Bills investing in child care, elder care, and paid leave almost passed a few years ago. What lessons will their champions take with them into the future?
Posted inPolitics
Debating Public Education in North Carolina
The election for superintendent of public instruction features a mainstream educator against a homeschooler.
Posted inBooks
Chicago Public Schools—From Worst to (Almost) First
A system that used to be ridiculed has become a model for schools in other cities.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Wall Street Hits the Locker Room
Private equity firms are maneuvering to invest in college athletes, their schools, and the conferences they play in. The deals could add risk to the whole system.
