Mastodawn

[Inside the Newsroom] Of starts, schools, and shocks

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.rappler.com/voices/newsletters/inside-the-newsroom-covering-opening-classes-sarangani-mindanao-earthquake-june-2026/

Nearly 200 classrooms destroyed in Mindanao earthquake

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.rappler.com/philippines/mindanao/department-education-schools-earthquake-damage-assessment-june-9-2026/

The next digital divide may not be internet access, but AI fluency

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.rappler.com/brandrap/national-ai-and-skills-summit-2026/

FACT CHECK: Online registration links for DSWD, DepEd student aid programs are fake

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.rappler.com/newsbreak/fact-check/online-registration-links-dswd-deped-educational-cash-assistance/

Rappler Recap: SY 2026-2027 begins, but earthquake affects Mindanao schools

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.rappler.com/philippines/video-recap-school-year-2026-2027-begins/

Sara Duterte seeks dismissal of ‘defective’ articles of impeachment

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.rappler.com/philippines/sara-duterte-response-articles-of-impeachment-senate/

Skwerlgyrl

🐿️May 27

This was one of the biggest reasons I changed my major from medicine to IT: I saw this trainwreck coming.

> “Access to federal loans were a lifeline for me,” said Leigh Habegger, a student in Wake Forest University’s program to train physician assistants, another profession affected by the new rule.

Habegger had a decade-long career in public policy work before going back to school last year. She called her program “rigorous” and said she’s unable to work while studying, even though her program costs more than $50,000 a year.

“One of my fellow classmates in the class above me shared that from his class that just graduated last weekend, nearly 90 percent of students said that they would not have been able to attend PA school without federal loans."

“This rule stands to have a significant negative impact on the number of students who are able to attend PA school … in North Carolina precisely at a time when our state needs us the most.”

#northcarolina #congress #departmentofeducation
#nclawsuit #federalstudentloans
#healthcare #physiciansassistant
#nurses #phyiscaltherapists #attorneygeneraljeffjackson
#ncagjeffjackson #nursingshortage

https://www.northcarolinahealthnews.org/2026/05/20/nc-lawsuit-trump-education-department-health-care-student-loans/

NC joins lawsuit against US Department of Education over health care student loan changes

Attorney General Jeff Jackson elects to join 24 other states plus the District of Columbia, arguing that a new rule limiting the amount students can borrow is illegal.

North Carolina Health News