Ed Money Watch Blog
Focusing the Student Loan Conversation on the Average Borrower, Not the Average Loan
These days, anyone who follows the news can recite statistics on student debt. The media has repeated countless times phrases like “there is $1 trillion in outstanding ...
Read moreCapped Variable Interest Rate Proposal Comes with a Hefty Price Tag
While Congress has debated extending the 3.4 percent interest rate on Subsidized Stafford loans issued this year to undergraduates, advocacy groups are gearing up for a debate on longer-term reforms. They know the odds don’t favor Congress adopting a one-year extension of the lower rate again next ...
Read moreApplying Lessons Learned from SIG to RESPECT
This year, the president and the Department of Education (ED) have taken on a new challenge — re-imagining the teaching profession through the Recognizing Educational Success, Professional Excellence, and Collaborative Teaching (RESPECT) ...
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