Tag: department of education

August 16, 2021

The Department of Education is planning to continue addressing reforms to the administration of the student loan program — based partly on the input of two Democratic senators, according to a letter sent by Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona earlier […]

July 27, 2021

Independence University is planning to lay off most of its staff within the next 60 days due to a lack of funds coming from the Department of Education, according to a message sent to employees obtained by Republic Report. Paul […]

July 12, 2021

The Department of Education is continuing to address its backlog of claims from borrowers who contend they shouldn’t have to repay their student loans, announcing Friday that it has delivered another $55.6 million in relief to students of three closed […]

August 10, 2018

The Department of Education plans to repeal the Obama administration’s gainful employment rule, it announced Friday. The rule sought to hold all career education and certificate programs — the vast majority at for-profit institutions — ccountable for producing graduates with […]

April 27, 2017

U.S. Rep. Virginia Foxx wants the federal Department of Education to disappear. She wants Washington to stop passing down rules and regulations schools have to follow. As the new chair of the House Education and Workforce Committee, the seven-term North […]

June 16, 2016

The Department of Education has proposed regulations to protect student borrowers and taxpayers from predatory practices. The new round of regulations strengthens already-existing regulations that grant students loan forgiveness if they can prove that they had been defrauded. “We won’t […]

June 15, 2016

According to new data from the US Department of Education, chronic absenteeism is affecting students in all parts of the country, including students of all races and ethnicities and students with disabilities. The new data, the first ever to collect […]

May 11, 2016

The AFT, the Albert Shanker Institute and the U.S. Education Department convened with other key stakeholders on May 6 to examine a tough problem that hasn’t budged in more than a decade: the need to attract, prepare and retain a […]

May 10, 2016

The United States Department of Education has sent an open ‘Dear Colleague’ letter to state and local education agencies and their partners to help them understand how to use federal funds to support P-K – 12 STEM education strategies. On December 10, […]

May 5, 2016

Teaching Institute for Excellence in STEM (TIES), a developer of digital fabrication laboratories (fab labs) and STEM curriculum and school design, has been named a partner in the Federal government’s new Early Education STEM initiative. TIES is among a group […]

May 2, 2016

As science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) jobs continue to grow, the U.S. Department of Education has set a priority to increase the number of students and teachers who are proficient in these fields. Yet, as school districts launch STEM […]

May 2, 2016

The US Department of Education is asking accreditation agencies to improve their review of colleges and universities while legislators are nudging the DoE to strengthen its review of accreditors. In a letter, Education Undersecretary Ted Mitchell encouraged all accrediting agencies […]

March 29, 2016

The U.S. Department of Education announced Monday that Kim Hunter Reed (right), a former Louisiana higher education official, has joined the Obama administration as a deputy under secretary of education. Reed will be part of the senior leadership of the […]

February 8, 2016

According to investigators, the chief information officer for the Department of Education was found to have profited from a car-detailing and home theater installation business he ran after hours by employing lower employees from his federal agency. The actions by Danny […]