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Six States File Lawsuit Challenging Biden Student Debt Cancellation Program

The lawsuit has a more conventional - and stronger - basis for standing than that filed yesterday by the Pacific Legal Foundation.

Reason

Republican-led states sue to block Biden’s student loan plan

Republicans ramp up attack on Joe Biden’s student debt forgiveness plan, saying US president overstepped his powers.

Al Jazeera

GOP attacks Minnesota governor in $250M food fraud case

Republicans have attacked Democratic Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, after a judge took the rare public step of disputing the administration’s claim that the judge prevented it from cutting off payments to Feeding Our Future

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EXPLAINER: How alleged plot exploited pandemic to net $250M

The Department of Justice has charged 47 people in what prosecutors have called a scheme to take advantage of the COVID-19 pandemic to defraud the U.S. government of $250 million

The Independent UK

Inside preparations to challenge Biden's student loan forgiveness

Conservative groups have launched a national search for prospective plaintiffs.

Axios

How to get a student loan refund if you paid during pandemic

When President Joe Biden announced a plan to forgive student loan debt, many borrowers who kept making payments during the pandemic wondered if they’d made the right choice

The Independent UK

Pilot program for New York City’s Asian American and Pacific Islander history curriculum launches for the 2022-2023 school year

A pilot program of New York City’s Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) history curriculum was launched in select schools in September 2022. The New York City Department of Education announced in May 2022 that it had developed the curriculum, titled the Hidden Voices Project, in partnership with the Museum…

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Asbestos rained down on teachers at Sydney school but problem was kept hidden, inquiry told

A NSW parliamentary inquiry is told teachers at a school in north-west Sydney were kept in the dark about the extent of the dangerous dust on the grounds.

ABC News

Marjorie Taylor Greene threatens to defund Education Department to stop teachers ‘brainwashing’ children

The right-wing lawmaker from Georgia made bizarre threat at Donald Trump’s Ohio rally

The Independent UK

Youngkin administration recasts transgender student policies

Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s administration has rewritten Virginia’s model policies for the treatment of transgender students in public schools

The Independent UK

Legal Complaint Around Student Athlete Compensation Takes ‘Aggressive’ Next Step

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission could soon begin what one legal expert describes as an “aggressive investigation” into whether unpaid college athletes are being discriminated against because they are not fairly compensated.

Sports Illustrated

Sofi & Navient Executives Weigh In On Student Loan Forgiveness

After months of speculation over whether President Biden will pause or cancel student loan debt, a verdict was reached on August 25th after the President addressed the issue stating that the student loan forgiveness will be paused for another 4 months until December 30th.

Benzinga

Top five schools with the highest exclusion and suspension rates in Liverpool

There were 2,405 suspensions across the city

Liverpool Echo

Investigation underway into antisemitism at U of Vermont

Officials say the Office of Civil Rights of the U.S. Department of Education is investigating allegations of antisemitism at the University of Vermont

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Who benefits from student debt cancellation?

Biden will cancel up to $20,000 in student loans for low-income undergraduate students

ABC News

Halls Creek truancy crisis whistleblower Brock Burston awaits education department penalty

The education department is considering disciplinary action against a staff member who blew the whistle on a growing truancy crisis involving some of the state's most vulnerable students.

Reason

Does Anyone Have Standing to Bring a Lawsuit Against Biden's Student Loan Debt Cancellation Policy?

The likely answer is "yes." There are three types of potential litigants who probably qualify.

The Independent UK

GOP official tells Tennessee colleges to say Title IX doesn’t protect LGBTQ+ people

Discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation violates federal law, Department of Educations says

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Tribune News Service

After a grand jury report blasted Broward schools over campus safety, the state wants answers

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — A statewide grand jury’s blistering critique of a school renovation program led to the removal of four Broward school board members, but the report also accuses the school district of serious safety failures.

Newsroom.co.nz

State of denial: How police child abuse inquiries ran aground

In part two of a series on Crown Law withholding evidence from police, Aaron Smale asks: how did the government and its lawyers behave when they knew the state was guilty of serious crimes again

Tribune News Service

Your student loan forgiveness questions, answered

On Wednesday, President Biden announced a sweeping student loan forgiveness measure that’s expected to benefit 95 percent of federal borrowers. However, many borrowers are wondering whether they’re eligible and what this means for their finances in the long term.

The Independent UK

Half of pupils who get low grades in GCSEs already judged to be behind at age 5, study finds

A fifth of all English students do not reach the grade 4 pass rate in both English language and maths, the paper found

The Philadelphia Inquirer

How Biden's student-debt relief is helping these borrowers: 'I can pay rent and utilities'

For some of the 43 million federal student loan borrowers, President Joe Biden's cancellation of $10,000 to $20,000 in student loan debt, announced Wednesday, could be life-changing.

The Philadelphia Inquirer

How Biden’s student-debt relief is helping these borrowers: ‘I can pay rent and utilities’

PHILADELPHIA -- For some of the 43 million federal student loan borrowers, President Joe Biden’s cancellation of $10,000 to $20,000 in student loan debt, announced last week, could be life-changing.

Irish Mirror

Primary principal told to choose between kids when allocating Special Needs Assistants 'delighted' officials overturned decision

Anne Marie Ford and Scoil Naomh Colmcille in Co Louth had battled to overturn the decision after being told to 'reprioritise'

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