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Education Department has a backlog of 27,000 complaints about student loans
The department disclosed the pileup of complaints — an increase of about 11,000 since March — in a recent letter to Sen. Elizabeth Warren.
Education Department releases $5 billion to schools after monthlong hold
The Department of Education announced Friday the release of more than $5 billion of funding to schools after an almost ...
The Department of Education has paused certain student loan forgiveness. Here’s what you need to know
The US Department of Education has halted the cancellation of student loans in Income-Based Repayment plans, prompting ...
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Why is Trump dismantling the Department of Education – and what’s ...
The department is a cabinet-level agency that oversees the national education policy of the US. It was formed in 1979 by Congress, prompted by former Democratic President Jimmy Carter.
What does the Education Department do? Trump gets the OK to gut it
President Donald Trump was given the green light to gut the Department of Education after the Supreme Court ruled to allow the administration's mass firings that will significantly hobble the agency.