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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.

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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.

ABC News

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.

ABC News

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.

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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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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

The Independent UK

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.

Tribune News Service

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.

Roll Call

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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Editorial: How for-profit colleges stay a step ahead of the law

The Future Tech Career Institute on South Michigan Avenue in Chicago stands accused of cheating students out of a promised education, which, unfortunately, is nothing new at for-profit colleges.

Tribune News Service

President Biden extends student loan payment pause through Aug. 31, 2022

The Biden administration confirmed Wednesday morning that it has extended the federal student loan payment pause through Aug. 31, 2022, saying in a press release that this extension will allow for a “responsible phase-down of pandemic relief.”

Tribune News Service

What Biden’s 2023 budget means for the future of student loan forgiveness

On Monday, President Joe Biden unveiled his $5.8 trillion budget request for the 2023 fiscal year. Several of Biden’s larger proposals have been left out of the 2023 budget, including mass student loan forgiveness and free college. Still, while the budget request will be going through a lengthy negotiation process,…

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Data of 820,000 NYC students compromised in hack of online grading system, officials say

NEW YORK — Personal data for roughly 820,000 current and former New York City public school students was compromised in the hack of a widely used online grading and attendance system earlier this year, city Education Department officials said Friday, revealing what could be the largest-ever breach of K-12 student…

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Resumption of federal student loan payments would jolt delinquencies, Fed says

Federal student loan payments have been on pause since the pandemic began. That may soon end.

The Independent UK

Has Biden quietly pushed back student loan payments again?

Education Department tells federal student loan servicers not to send repayment notices, according to reports

AAP

More NSW students at home over virus fears

More people are opting to homeschool according to the NSW education department, who said most students who had not returned had "underlying health conditions".

The Independent UK

Loan relief granted to students misled by for-profit DeVry

The Biden administration says it will cancel more than $70 million in student debt for borrowers who say they were defrauded by the for-profit DeVry University

ABC News

Allanson primary school records positive COVID case, contact tracing underway

The WA Education Department confirms there has been a case of COVID-19 at Allanson Primary School near Collie, understood to be the first reported at a school outside the metropolitan area.

AAP

NSW Education Dept hack was limited

An investigation has concluded the data taken in a cyberattack on the NSW Education Department was limited to personal information.

The Hindu

Ensure peace and harmony on school campuses: Bommai

DCs, SPs, Education Department officials instructed to work in coordination and visit schools

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