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We know Australian schools are in the grip of a teacher shortage. Federal and state education ministers are currently putting together a plan to fix it, which is due in December.

WASHINGTON — Education Secretary Miguel Cardona pushed back Wednesday against Republican criticism of the Biden administration’s new student loan debt forgiveness program, saying it would curb defaults and boost the economy.

Education Secretary Miguel Cardona pushed back against GOP criticism of the Biden administration’s new student loan forgiveness program.

So now we know: Pandemic-related restrictions were devastating to the project of educating our kids. The Education Department dropped the news last week that America’s experiment with remote learning has reduced young children’s standardized test scores to levels not seen in two decades. Although performance fell in every demographic group,…

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President Joe Biden on Wednesday morning announced a plan for student debt forgiveness. The White House said that since 1980, the total cost of four-year public or private college has nearly tripled, and that the typical undergraduate college student with debt now graduates owing almost $25,000. Here’s what we know…

The Biden administration is tying its authority to cancel student debt to the coronavirus pandemic and to a 2003 law aimed at providing help to members of the military