Author: Cory Turner
New data reveals a growing problem; millions of federal student loan borrowers are at serious risk of default. A MARTÍNEZ, HOST: New data shows a growing problem with federal student loans. Millions of borrowers are at risk, at serious risk, of defaulting. NPR’s Cory Turner explains.CORY TURNER, BYLINE: Every three months, the Federal Reserve Bank of New York releases its quarterly report on household debt and credit. And the latest for the second quarter of 2025 tells a worrying story about federal student loan borrowers.JOELLE SCALLY: More than 10% of balances were past due. That means that they’ve missed at…
As a new academic year starts, American schools are not immune from the politics of this moment. We discuss K-12 education in the U.S., and what the Trump administration wants to change about it. Cory Turner 2025-09-05 21:10:34 Source link
The entrance of the U.S. Department of Education headquarters building in Washington, D.C. J. David Ake/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption J. David Ake/Getty Images In April, the U.S. Department of Education used a landmark law intended, in part, to end racial discrimination to investigate Chicago Public Schools over a “Black Students Success Plan,” after a complaint that the program discriminated against students of other races. In July, the department ruled five Virginia school districts had violated another civil rights law, intended to protect women and girls from sex discrimination and harassment, by allowing transgender students to use school facilities…
A California school district fights chronic absenteeism in kindergarten by helping parents decide whether their kid is too sick to go to school. MICHEL MARTIN, HOST: In this country, students are missing an alarming amount of school, a trend that began during the pandemic. And one of the grades where kids are missing the most might surprise you. It’s kindergarten. NPR’s Cory Turner visited a district in California Central Valley that’s doing something about it.MAYTE RAMIREZ: As you can see, there’s a lot. Out of town, back on Wednesday, appointment, ear infection, sick.CORY TURNER, BYLINE: In Livingston, Calif., elementary school…
Thursday’s move would compel colleges and universities to report more detail about not just the students they enroll but also about those who apply. LA Johnson/NPR hide caption toggle caption LA Johnson/NPR President Trump signed a presidential memorandum Thursday requiring colleges and universities to submit expanded admissions data to the U.S. Department of Education. The move is the latest salvo in the administration’s fight against diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) policies and is intended to reveal if schools are still preferencing race in admissions even after the Supreme Court banned affirmative action in 2023. Thursday’s memo claims “the lack of…
In just six months, the Trump administration has profoundly reshaped federal education policy. MICHEL MARTIN, HOST: In the six months since Donald Trump returned to the White House, the federal government’s approach to education has undergone remarkable change, from big staffing cuts at the Education Department to a sweeping overhaul of federal student loans. So we thought this would be a good time to hear from NPR education correspondent Cory Turner for a look at what’s happened since January. Good morning, Cory.CORY TURNER, BYLINE: Good morning, Michel.MARTIN: So let’s start with a fight over money that Congress intended for public…
The new Republican spending bill will usher in a sweeping overhaul of the federal student loan system for both current and future borrowers. ADRIAN MA, HOST: If you have got student loans or are hoping to take out student loans in the next few years, you may want to listen extra close to this next segment. That’s because among the many changes in the big spending package President Trump recently signed into law, there’s also a complete overhaul of the federal student loan system. It places new limits on loans for many borrowers, and it ends most current repayment plans.…
House Republicans are considering a plan that would force colleges and universities to reimburse the government for a share of the federal loans their students don’t repay. Cory Turner 2025-06-13 20:49:04 Source link
Nestled inside Republicans’ One Big Beautiful Bill Act is a bold idea: to penalize colleges and universities whose students leave with mountains of student loan debt but not nearly the earnings boost to pay it off – and to reward schools that do the opposite. Or, as U.S. Secretary of Education Linda McMahon told lawmakers in a recent hearing, it’s a way to force schools to have “a little skin in the game.” This risk-sharing plan would, among other things, require higher education institutions – public and private, for-profit and nonprofit, undergraduate and graduate – to reimburse the federal government…
A private school student works on a lesson at St. Luke’s Lutheran School in Oviedo, Fla. Willie J. Allen Jr./Tribune News Service/Getty hide caption toggle caption Willie J. Allen Jr./Tribune News Service/Getty A first-of-its-kind effort to leverage federal tax dollars to help families pay for private school tuition anywhere in the U.S. is one step closer to becoming a reality. Republicans on the House Ways and Means Committee voted this week to include a federal school voucher program, worth $20 billion over four years, in the broader reconciliation bill that would also extend President Trump’s 2017 tax cuts. The voucher…