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Former Corinthian students get federal student debt erased

The Biden administration says it will forgive all remaining federal student debt for former students of the for-profit Corinthian Colleges chain

The Independent UK

Survivor says she was 'honoured' to be chosen to share her story with Tasmania's child sexual abuse commission of inquiry

Now a parent herself, Rachel says she has a new appreciation of just how deeply abuse she suffered at school affected her own mother, a woman she says was her "saviour".

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Biden Tiptoes Closer to Mass Forgiveness of Federal Student Loan Debt

Biden wants to forgive $10,000 in federal loan debt per borrower, regardless of whether they need it.

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Andhra Pradesh: Kakinada civic body decision to transfer government schools to Education Department draws flak

Civic body cites insufficient human resources to run the schools

The Hindu

Latest White House plan would forgive $10,000 in student debt per borrower

Biden’s administration is firming up plans to cancel $10,000 in student debt per borrower for people who earned up to $150,000 the year before

The Independent UK

COVID-fuelled teacher shortage sees Education Department head office staff back in WA schools

More than 500 workers from the WA Education Department's head office are redeployed to teach in classrooms as COVID-19 decimates staffing ranks in schools.

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Are daycare sign-in rules strict enough in Queensland?

Amid a spate of incidents at childcare centres, some parents are asking why regulations in that industry can't be as strict as the school system.

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Bungendore divided over high school as NSW govt takes ownership of land

Bungendore High School is a step closer to reality, but residents are split on the location the NSW government has selected.

The Canberra Times

NYC will spend $9 million on ‘violence interrupters’ to curb violence in city schools

NEW YORK — A technique that Mayor Eric Adams has championed as part of his efforts to curb gun violence on New York City streets may also play a role in his approach to addressing conflict in schools, budget documents show.

Tribune News Service

Commission of inquiry hears 12yo student was told to 'stop' relationship with sexually abusive teacher

Some 36 years after he was sexually abused by one of his high school teachers, Sam Leishman was able to stand up in a courtroom and read a statement detailing the impact it had on him.

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Tasmanian Education Department misled regulators about sexually abusive teacher, inquiry hears

Tasmania's Education Department misled a regulatory body about a teacher who had been accused of sexually abusing a student, the child sexual abuse commission of inquiry hears.

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Where does student loan forgiveness stand? Borrowers wait anxiously on Biden

Kayla Camacho was halfway through her master’s degree when federal student loan payments were paused in March 2020.

Los Angeles Times

Commission of Inquiry hears teacher was given new position after being reported for sexually abusing student

When Rachel* was groomed and sexually abused by a high school teacher in Tasmania, she worked up the courage to report him. She later learned he was found not to have breached the state service code of conduct and had taken up another position.

ABC News

NYC public education leaders plan to open 2 virtual schools

NEW YORK — The New York City Education Department is planning to open two “virtual academies” to give public school students more opportunities to learn online.

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Commission of Inquiry hears victim was refused meeting with Jeremy Rockliff 16 times

Katrina Munting tells Tasmania's commission of inquiry into child sexual abuse about how she sought a meeting with the then-education minister about abuse at the hands of a teacher — only to be refused 16 times. That minister is now Tasmania's Premier.

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Tasmania's commission of inquiry hears from a woman who tried to stop her abuser from teaching

Tasmania's commission of inquiry into child sexual abuse has heard from Kerri Collins, who was sexually abused as a seven-year-old by her teacher, and not believed by the system.

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Tasmania's Commission of Inquiry into child sex abuse will hold public hearings. Here is what will happen

The Commission of Inquiry looking at the Tasmanian government's responses to child sexual abuse in state institutions will hold two weeks of public hearings, starting in Hobart on Monday.

The Hindu

2nd PU exams of 2022 begin across Karnataka

Six students from Udupi, who had approached the High Court of Karnataka seeking permission to enter classrooms wearing hijab, have not collected their hall tickets for the 2nd PU exams

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The Independent UK

Feds: Thousands may have student debt that should be erased

A new federal report finds that record-keeping failures by the Education Department may have left thousands of Americans stuck with student debt that should have been forgiven

Tribune News Service

Biden administration moves to ease student loan debt burden

WASHINGTON — The Biden administration is taking further steps to ease the burden of student loans, but new actions announced Tuesday were well short of what many Democrats want to see.

Roll Call

Biden administration moves to ease student loan debt burden - Roll Call

Changes are estimated to forgive student loans for 40,000 borrowers immediately, but some Democrats want Biden to go much farther.

ABC News

What is the future for Queensland's flood-prone schools?

Seven weeks on from the rain bomb that flooded south-east Queensland, the state's worst-hit schools reopen for the start of term 2, but the focus has now turned to their long-term future.

ABC News

Education Department veterans return to class to keep the lights on during COVID absences

As you walk into the classroom this morning there may be a new face at the teacher's desk, with COVID-19 displacing many from the front line and departmental veterans recalled for face-to-face teaching.

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Jerrabomberra Public School enrolment area change scrapped after outcry, but new high school boundary will split community

Parents in the border town have welcomed the Education Department's about-face, but say the soon-to-be-opened high school must also accommodate their children.

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