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Rethinking Predatory Student Lending
The One Big Beautiful Bill Act ended the Grad PLUS loan program for new borrowers and…
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Student Loan Policy Uncertainty Has Real Costs
To put it mildly, opinions varied on whether the Biden administration’s student loan policies—namely its…
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Capping Student Loan Interest Would Cost Billions, Help Well-off Borrowers
Representative Anna Paulina Luna (R-FL) announced on Wednesday that she would file a discharge petition on her proposal,…
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Education Scorecard Looks Beyond Recovery
This week, the Center for Education Policy Research (CEPR) at Harvard University and the Educational…
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States Should Consider Earnings Outcomes for Workforce Pell Programs
Workforce Pell Grants are coming this year, helping to level the playing field between traditional…
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States Are Taking the Reins on College Accountability
Last year’s budget reconciliation legislation, more commonly known as the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBB),…
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AI Has Come for K–12 Education
The age of AI has come for K–12 education. A September 2025 RAND survey found that 54…
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Did ICE Raids and Wildfires Slow California’s Progress on Student Absenteeism?
California, by far the largest state by student population, just released its chronic absenteeism data…
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Do School Cell Phone Bans Actually Make a Difference?
Banning smartphones has become one of America’s favorite school policies. In 2023, Florida became the…
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Absenteeism Is Up. Does It Matter as Much for Student Achievement?
Across the nation’s schools, chronic absenteeism is up and student test scores are down, but how much is the…
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Beware Graduate Programs Masquerading as “Professional” to Increase Student Debt
The One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBB) included long-overdue limits on federal loans to graduate…
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Over 1,000 Colleges Could Lose Access to Federal Student Aid
Students are not the only ones who enjoyed a reprieve during the nearly five-year pause…