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Yes, some students are dropping out of teaching degrees, but not at the rate you think

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.

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Cardona defends student loan plan as ‘one-time’ COVID-19 remedy

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.

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Cardona defends student loan plan as one-time COVID-19 remedy

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

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Stephen L. Carter: Closing schools should be the last option in a pandemic

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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Govt. may form panel to probe allegations of corruption: Nagesh

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Assessing an Alternative Legal Justification for Biden's Student Loan Debt Cancellation Policy

Relying on Section 432(a) of the Higher Education Act of 1965, as some propose, has many of the same flaws as the Administration's emergency powers theory.

Reason

Borrowers have questions about student loan forgiveness. We have answers

Can you get a refund on payments you made during the pandemic? How do you know if you made too much money to qualify? Answers to these questions and more.

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Student loan forgiveness in hands of "understaffed and overcommitted" agency

An estimated 35 million people will need to apply for relief — but the website doesn't exist yet

Axios

Biden says his student loan relief is ‘life-changing’. Will it fix the system’s inequities?

The initiative’s income cap and unclear bureaucratic process could fail to address the racial disparities that already exist

The Guardian - US

Q&A: What you need to know about Biden’s student loan debt forgiveness plan

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…

Tribune News Service

Legality of student loan plan relies on pandemic, 2003 law

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

The Independent UK

LOCALIZE IT: Biden announces student debt cancellation

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The Independent UK

Queensland teachers and staff to get pay docked for 'failing to comply' with COVID vaccine mandate

Queensland's Education Department is docking the pay of 900 school staff who did not get the COVID vaccine, saying ignoring the mandate put others at risk.

ABC News

Biden is canceling $10,000 in student loan debt. Advocates urge him to cancel it all

Millions of Americans could see dramatic relief as payments resume in 2023 following pandemic freeze, Alex Woodward reports

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Leopard sighted near Belagavi golf course twice, holiday for schools

Two bus drivers saw the leopard near the golf course in Belagavi early in the morning on August 22. They made a video, which went viral on social media

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NYC promises coordinated effort to enroll more than 1,000 migrant kids in school

NEW YORK — New York City education, housing, and immigration officials Friday promised a coordinated, cross-agency effort to enroll more than 1,000 recently arrived migrant children in public school before classes start next month.

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WA Education Minister Sue Ellery apologises to Halls Creek residents over botched truancy plans

A report tabled in parliament on the plans found there were "multiple points of failure" in the Education Department's efforts to get students back to school in the remote Kimberley town of Halls Creek.

ABC News

Education Department shuts down parents' claims kids are vaping in class, on school bus

The Education Department finds no evidence to back claims from parents in regional WA who say children are vaping in class and on the school bus.

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$3.9 billion in debt canceled for former ITT Tech students

In all, 208,000 borrows are having their debts forgiven using a federal rule known as borrower defense, which is meant to protect students from colleges that make false advertising claims or otherwise commit fraud.

WEKU

$3.9 billion in debt is canceled for former students of ITT Tech

The cancelation in federal student debt for 208,000 borrowers came after authorities found "widespread and pervasive misrepresentations" at the defunct college chain, the Education Department said.

Tribune News Service

NYC Education Dept. scrambles to enroll influx of migrant kids as school year approaches

NEW YORK — New York City’s Education Department is facing a logistical nightmare as the start of the school year approaches: registering potentially thousands of recently-arrived asylum-seeking kids for school in less than a month.

The Hindu

Farooqia Girls High School premises unlocked

It follows a direction from the High Court

AAP

Woman denies govt school contract conflict

A woman is in court accused of $30,360 fraud and misconduct while working for Queensland's Education Department after a corruption watchdog investigation.

ABC News

Mid-career workers retrain as teachers under para-professional program in NSW schools

A new program in New South Wales is supporting workers from all walks of life to transition to careers as teachers, and advocates say it’s "phenomenal" for students.

ABC News

Hydro panels create sustainable water source at country school south-west of Mackay

Despite living in a First World country, young students at a small school in Queensland have gone without a basic human right — until now.

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