As many Americans look forward to a new year and a new political environment in Washington D.C., it's worth taking one final look back at the year that was. Specifically, 2018 was a year when our biggest, wealthiest corporations seemed to feel free to engage in a staggering range of misconduct and misbehavior. Corporations have never exactly … [Read more...]
New Rule Would Make it Harder for Students Defrauded by For-Profit Colleges to Find Loan Forgiveness
During the Barack Obama administration, the Department of Education proposed regulations giving certain students aid – including forgiveness of student loan debt – if they had been the victim of fraud from for-profit colleges. The rules, proposed in the aftermath of the collapse of Corinthian Colleges and ITT Technical Institute, made it easier … [Read more...]
Education Department Scraps 72 Documents Pertaining to Disabled Students
According to a newsletter released by The Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services, the Education Department has rescinded 72 guidance documents relating to the interpretation and implementation of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act and the Rehabilitation Act. This move constitutes a major blow to education and … [Read more...]
Supreme Court Decision Could Help Shift Funding Away from Public Schools
The Supreme Court ruled on June 26th that Trinity Lutheran Church should be included in a Missouri state program granting funds for playground resurfacing. Seven justices voted in favor of the church (though there were several concurring opinions), while Justices Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Sonia Sotomayer dissented. Surprisingly, Justices Elena Kagan … [Read more...]
Department of Education Reduces Protections and Streamlines Student-Loan Servicing
On Tuesday April 11th, Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos nullified three memos from Obama’s Department of Education. These memos which were meant to improve customer protections for borrowers and simplify the student-loan servicing industry. The memos – which were authored by John B. King Jr., Obama’s Secretary of Education, and Ted Mitchell, … [Read more...]
Texas AG Expresses Concern Over Muslim Prayer in School
According to the The Washington Post, the Office of the Attorney General (OAG) of Texas sent the Frisco school district superintendent a letter expressing concern about a spare classroom being used, in part, for group prayer by Muslim students. This is only three months after Attorney General, Ken Paxton, made headlines when he helped a school … [Read more...]
Michigan School District Sued For Sexual Discrimination
In Warren, Michigan, a former Warren Cousino High school student sued the Warren Consolidated Schools district after being expelled for complaining about an alleged sexual assault. Case Background In 2015, a Warren Cousino High student, who was not named in the lawsuit, began her freshman year at the age of fifteen. According to the lawsuit, the … [Read more...]
Government Struggles to Spread Word that Some Student Loans Can Be Written Off
In recent years the federal government has been furiously working to crack down on fraudulent for-profit colleges, universities, and other learning institutions. Though students of such organizations often do not obtain the education they were promised, they are frequently left with thousands of dollars in student loan debt. The federal government … [Read more...]
