Nikki WordsmithNew Year’s Day is often nice and quiet, so what better day to get down to some delightful reading?
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Hacker News"Barely Literate": U.S. Education Secretary Mocked for Grammar in Harvard Letter
https://verdaily.com/trump-education-secretary-mocked-for-grammar-errors-in-harvard-letter/
#HackerNews #BarelyLiterate #EducationSecretary #GrammarErrors #HarvardLetter #Mockery #USEducation
DoomsdaysCW#StudentLoans in default to be referred to #DebtCollection, #EducationDepartment says
By ANNIE MA, April 21, 2025
WASHINGTON (AP) — "The Education Department will begin collection next month on student loans that are in default, including the garnishing of wages for potentially millions of borrowers, officials said Monday.
"Currently, roughly 5.3 million borrowers are in default on their federal student loans.
"The Trump administration ’s announcement marks an end to a period of leniency that began during the COVID-19 pandemic. No federal student loans have been referred for collection since March 2020, including those in default. Under President Joe Biden, the Education Department tried multiple times to give broad forgiveness of student loans, only to be stopped by courts.
" 'American taxpayers will no longer be forced to serve as collateral for irresponsible student loan policies,' #EducationSecretary #LindaMcMahon said.
"Beginning May 5, the department will begin involuntary collection through the Treasury Department’s offset program, which withholds government payments — including tax refunds, federal salaries and other benefits — from people with past-due debts to the government. After a 30-day notice, the department also will begin garnishing wages for borrowers in default.
"The decision to send debt to collections drew criticism from advocates, who said borrowers had experienced whiplash and confusion with the changing student loan policies between the Biden and Trump administrations."
Source:
https://apnews.com/article/student-loan-debt-default-collection-fa6498bf519e0d50f2cd80166faef32a
#CharacteristicsOfFascism #Education #DumbingUsDown #Debt #LoanForgiveness for #TheRich, but not #Students!
US student loans in default to be referred to debt collection
The Education Department will begin collection next month on student loans that are in default, including the garnishing of wages for potentially millions of borrowers, officials said Monday. Currently, roughly 5.3 million borrowers are in default on their federal student loans. Beginning May 5, the department will begin involuntary collection through the Treasury Department’s offset program, which withholds payments from the government, including tax refunds, federal salaries and other benefits, from people with past-due debts to the government. After a 30-day notice, the department will also begin garnishing wages for borrowers in default.
Lichfield Live®Organisation behind local food banks warns impact of breakfast club plans will be limited
Mike BarbreComic book characters remain on the menu for Trump's Cabinet.
#LindaMcMahon #EducationSecretary #DoE
Trump nominating billionaire pro wrestling mogul Linda McMahon for secretary of the #DeptOfEducation:
https://www.cnn.com/2024/11/19/politics/linda-mcmahon-education-secretary-trump/index.html
Susan Larson ♀️🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🌈Over 200 #educational #psychologists #signed an #openletter to #educationsecretary #BridgetPhillipson, voicing #concerns about the #Transphobic #findings of the #CassReview
#Review has faced #criticism from #charities, #notforprofit #groups, and #MedicalOrganisations, including the #BritishMedicalAssociation.
#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #UK #Tories #Labour #TERFS #Healthcare #NHS #Education #Hate #Bigotry #Discrimination #GateKeeping #Transphobia #TERFIsland
https://www.thepinknews.com/2024/11/12/educational-psychologists-open-letter-cass-review-trans/
Norobiik @#Malacañang says Senator #SonnyAngara will assume the position on July 19.
Senate President #ChizEscudero who earlier endorsed Angara’s appointment as #EducationSecretary, said that there might be no need to replace Angara in the #Senate since his term is ending in less than a year anyway. #Philippines #Education
Sonny Angara named as new education secretary
https://www.rappler.com/philippines/sonny-angara-named-new-department-education-secretary/
President #JoeBiden's new #TitleIX #rules #protect #LGBTQ #students, but #trans #sports #rule still on hold.
The new #rule makes “crystal clear that everyone can access #schools that are #safe, #welcoming and that #respect their #rights,” #EducationSecretary #MiguelCardona said.
#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #TransKids #Education #Progress #Representation #Culture
SubtleBlade ⚔️#SpecialEducationalNeeds in #England in ‘crisis’, minister admits -
Special educational needs provision in England is in the grip of a “crisis”, the #EducationSecretary has said, as school unions questioned whether a funding boost promised for the sector by the government was actually new money and said it fell a long way short of what was needed
https://www.theguardian.com/education/2024/mar/26/special-educational-needs-in-english-schools-in-crisis-minister-admits
#ToryPoliciesInAction #Education #SEND