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Recent News About U.S. Department of Education
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U.S. Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona released a statement in which he expressed disappointment in the June 30 Supreme Court ruling striking down President Joe Biden's student-loan relief plan. He also stated the EDU is determined to help borrowers through a regulatory process.
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A public school district in Colorado is providing free mental health services to students district-wide. Jefferson County Public Schools is using federal Covid funding to pay for the services.
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A public school district in Wisconsin has entered into an agreement with the U.S. Department of Education to settle violations of Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972.
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The nation's imprisoned population are again eligible for federal need-based college grants for low-income undergraduates which is a real game changer for inmates, the president of a New York-based nonprofit justice advocacy group said in a news release.
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House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif.,shared his approval of the recent Supreme Court decision to end affirmative action.
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DHS Sec. Alejandro Mayorkas appointed 20 new members to Homeland Security Academic Partnership Council on June 21.
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The U.S. Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights (OCR) announced on June 28 that a male professor at the Takoma/Silver Spring campus of Montgomery College was terminated as part of the resolution of a sexual harassment investigation.
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Recent data released by the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) reveals alarming signs of educational risk and setbacks in student achievement and well-being, NCES Commissioner Peggy G. Carr said.
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The Functional Government Initiative announced filing of a transparency lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Education for withholding records regarding critical race theory.
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In a significant move toward advancing President Joe Biden's Bipartisan Safer Communities Act, the U.S. Department of Education and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services announced additional measures to promote investments and efforts in gun safety.
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The U.S. Department of Education unveiled a significant investment of more than $8 million in grant funding to enhance educational opportunities for Native American students.
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The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) recently released a statement to the Department of Education about its 2022 figures, showing that student loan debt ranks second among types of consumer debt, affecting more than 45 million borrowers who owe a combined $1.75 trillion.
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The U.S. Department of Education recently announced that is opening applications for $73.8 million in grants designed to enhance student well-being through full-service community schools (FSCS).
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The U.S. Department of Education announced recently it is offering $368 million in grants to promote programs to recruit and retain educators.
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A suburban Chicago school system entered an agreement with the U.S. Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights to address Black students' racial harassment during the 2021-22 school year.
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Four Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) that were the targets of bomb threats last year are getting more than $1 million to strengthen their support systems.
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A recent survey by the RAND Corp. that offered a representative nationwide sample has put a spotlight in the opinions of educators on the topic of arming teachers in schools, with results showing that only one in five educators believing arming teachers would make schools safer.
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The U.S. Department of Education recently signed a memorandum of understanding with NASA to enhance their collaboration in promoting science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) education to a diverse student population.
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The U.S. Department of Education recently announced the release of a new resource designed to address racial discrimination in student discipline.
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The U.S. spent $2.7 billion in 2022 to care for unaccompanied children who migrated across the Southern border. The total amounts to $18,000 per child, according to OpenTheBooks.com, a nonprofit organization that conducted an audit of the program, which is administered by the Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR).