Tag: education policy

  • New Mexico Pays Homeless High Schoolers $500 Monthly to Graduate

    New Mexico Pays Homeless High Schoolers $500 Monthly to Graduate

    Students at Mayfield High School gathered in a conference room, faces uncertain as administrators explained what sounded too good to be true. Bank accounts would be opened in their names. Money would arrive monthly. Real money, they could spend however they needed. “Is this real?” several students asked. Ray Banegas, federal programs administrator for the…

  • Degrees the Trump Administration No Longer Considers ‘Professional’

    Degrees the Trump Administration No Longer Considers ‘Professional’

    The recent changes introduced under President Donald Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill have ignited widespread conversation about how the federal government now defines a “professional degree.” The Department of Education’s updated framework for student loans places new emphasis on which programs qualify for higher borrowing limits, and this shift has led to confusion, frustration, and…

  • Austria Set to Introduce School Ban on Islamic Headscarves for Girls Under 14

    Austria Set to Introduce School Ban on Islamic Headscarves for Girls Under 14

    Austria’s latest proposal to ban Islamic headscarves for girls under the age of fourteen has stirred a wide and emotional debate that reaches far beyond the country’s borders. The announcement has drawn strong reactions from parents, educators, political figures, and religious communities who see the move through very different lenses. For government officials, the proposal…

  • Trump Announces Student Debt Cancellation for Millions of Borrowers

    Trump Announces Student Debt Cancellation for Millions of Borrowers

    The landscape of student loan forgiveness has rarely felt settled, yet the Trump administration’s newest actions have created a moment that is both unexpectedly expansive and sharply restrictive. Millions of borrowers enrolled in income-driven repayment plans are now poised to receive long awaited cancellation, even as a different set of rules threatens to narrow access…

  • Why US Students Struggle With Basic Literacy and Numeracy

    Why US Students Struggle With Basic Literacy and Numeracy

    Education used to feel like a steady climb: learn your letters, learn your sums, and you’d have a ladder out of whatever corner you were born in. Lately, though, that ladder looks wobblier. New results from the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), the so-called Nation’s Report Card show 12th-grade math scores at their lowest…

  • High School Limits Students to Three Bathroom Visits Per Day and Seven Total Visits Per Week

    High School Limits Students to Three Bathroom Visits Per Day and Seven Total Visits Per Week

    Something has fundamentally shifted in American schools when students must petition a digital system for permission to perform basic bodily functions. At a Wisconsin high school, teenagers now face a reality that previous generations would have found unthinkable: their bathroom visits are monitored, tracked, and rationed like military supplies. The controversy erupting at Arrowhead Union…

  • Denmark Pays Students $1,000 Monthly to Attend University, With No Tution Fees

    Denmark Pays Students $1,000 Monthly to Attend University, With No Tution Fees

    Imagine a country where pursuing higher education means earning a living rather than incurring debt. Picture receiving a monthly check for $1,000 simply for being enrolled in university, with no tuition bills ever arriving in your mailbox. For millions of debt-laden students worldwide, this scenario sounds like an impossible dream reserved for fantasy novels about…

  • Trump Set to Sign Executive Order Abolishing Department of Education Which Was First Established in 1867

    Trump Set to Sign Executive Order Abolishing Department of Education Which Was First Established in 1867

    In an unprecedented move that could reshape the landscape of American education, former President Donald Trump is poised to sign an executive order that will fundamentally alter the federal government’s role in education. Established over a century and a half ago, the Department of Education has stood as a pillar of educational oversight and funding…