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‘Astonishingly Unfair’: McConnell Calls Biden’s Student Loan Relief ‘Socialism’

August 24, 2022
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Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) said President Joe Biden’s newly announced student loan forgiveness would drive up “wildly unfair redistribution” of wealth, benefitting only higher-earning elites of the country. “President Biden’s student loan socialism is a slap in the face to every family who sacrificed to save for college, every graduate who paid their…

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Democrats ‘Grasping at Straws’ for Votes by Canceling Student Loan Debt: GOP Lawmaker

August 24, 2022
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Canceling student loan debt is the latest bid by Democrats to win votes and prevent the House chamber from flipping red this fall, according to Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-N.Y.). “Delaying this until now, pretty close to the election, is certainly a political ploy,” the congresswoman told Capitol Report, a program on The Epoch Times’ sister…

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25 DeSantis-Endorsed Florida School Board Candidates Won or Advanced in Tuesday Elections

August 24, 2022
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LAKELAND, Fla.—Gov. Ron DeSantis was not challenged by a party rival in a Republican primary, so his name was not printed on any Aug. 23 ballot in any of Florida’s 67 counties. But his name was all over elections across the state in the form of endorsements, particularly for candidates in local school board elections….

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Civil Rights Group Pushes States to Scrap Gender ‘Non-Disclosure’ Policies at Schools

August 24, 2022
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A national civil rights group has urged the California government to revise policies that require teachers and other school staff to hide the gender identities of students as young as kindergarten from their parents if the child so wishes. The civil rights non-profit Foundation Against Intolerance & Racism (FAIR) has also advised Oregon, Vermont, and…

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Parents Wary of Digital Hall Pass That Records Students’ Movements

August 24, 2022
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In the old days, when a student requested a bathroom visit during classroom time, the teacher handed them a hall pass made of paper or sometimes a wooden block. Now, many schools are taking the hall pass digital with SmartPass, a hall pass application that tracks students and generates weekly reports about trends in their…

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Biden Admin to Cancel $10,000 of Student Loan Debt for Millions, Despite Inflation Concerns

August 24, 2022
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The Biden administration announced Wednesday that it will spend hundreds of billions of dollars to pay off at least $10,000 in federal student loan debt for each borrower, despite widespread worries that the move will worsen the inflation crisis. Individuals earning less than $125,000 a year or families earning less than $250,000 will be eligible…

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Biden to Cancel $10,000 of Student Loan Debt for Millions, Amid Inflation Concerns

August 24, 2022
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President Joe Biden said on Aug. 24 that his administration will spend hundreds of billions of dollars to pay off $10,000 in federal student loan debt for some borrowers, amid widespread concern that the move will worsen the inflation crisis. Individuals earning less than $125,000 a year or families earning less than $250,000 will be…

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NAACP President Says Biden’s Plan on Student Debt Relief Doesn’t Do Enough

August 24, 2022
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The president of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) attacked the Biden administration’s proposed plan to relieve student loan borrowers, saying it does not do enough to address the outstanding $1.75 trillion in student loan debt nationwide. President Joe Biden is poised to forgive $10,000 in student loan debt for 40…

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Universities Should Compensate Students for Poor Study Experience: Shadow Education Minister

August 24, 2022
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Australia’s universities should provide partial fee compensation for students because they didn’t deliver the study experience, as they promised during the pandemic, according to Australia’s shadow minister for education. Shadow Minister for Education Alan Tudge, who is the federal member for Victoria’s seat of Aston, said on Wednesday that universities need to make an “extra…

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Student Loan Debt Relief Makes Inflation Worse: Former Treasury Secretary

August 23, 2022
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The Biden administration’s highly anticipated move to cancel outstanding student loan debt could make the current inflation crisis worse, former Treasury Secretary Larry Summers warns. A frequent critic of President Joe Biden’s handling of inflation, Summers renewed his warning on Monday as the federal government is expected to make a decision on student loan debt…

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