The Education Department announced a long-delayed expansion of a key repayment plan for student loans this week, paving the ...

Buried in the SAVE plan settlement is a provision that could place major restrictions on the Education Department's ability ...

Key Points ・529 plans are no longer just for college degrees. New federal rules allow 529 plan withdrawals for credentialing, ...

The Biden administration announced Friday morning that it is expanding and accelerating its income-driven student loan forgiveness plan. Borrowers who originally took out loans of $12,000 or less and ...

Proponents of career and technical education programs and Democratic lawmakers are wringing their hands over the Department of Education’s plans to offload the funding and administration of CTE ...

When U.S. Education Secretary Linda McMahon claimed in USA TODAY that the recent government shutdown showed “how little the Department of Education will be missed,” she overlooked the damage done to ...

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A 529 college savings plan can be a powerful savings tool for future education expenses, as investments in the plan increase tax-free. While state tax benefits should be the first consideration for ...

Editor: As a parent of a high school senior considering college, I’m alarmed by Donald Trump’s recent promise to dismantle the federal education system and “fire the radical left accreditors.” These ...

New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani recently announced that if elected, he intends to continue former Mayor Bill de Blasio’s plans to abolish the gifted and talented program for ...

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Education plans to lay off over 1,300 of its more than 4,000 employees as part of a reorganization that’s seen as a prelude to President Trump’s plan to dismantle ...

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