Tag: Department of Education

In the nearly four years the Trump administration has been in office, it has emboldened white supremacists, weakened environmental and financial regulations, handed a...

U.S. Magistrate Judge Sallie Kim handed down a contempt of court ruling for United States Education Department Secretary Betsy DeVos on Thursday. Earlier this month, Kim...

Whenever Democrats propose policies to make college more affordable or to provide healthcare to all as a human right, there's always (always!) someone asking,...

On Thursday, the Education Department selected two firms to help collect unpaid student loans. But if there is one thing we have come to understand the past...

Who knew an Education Secretary would garner so much press? Normally a low-profile job, Betsy DeVos has elevated her position to unprecedentedly controversial levels. Upon assuming...

A lot of people in Donald Trump's administration give the impression that they really aren't qualified to serve at such a high level. But...

Upon assuming her role as the nation's education advocate, Education Secretary Betsy DeVos decided to rescind support requiring the U.S. Education Department to investigate loan servicing companies’...

In America, we believe everyone should be educated. An educated populace is the backbone of democracy. To that end, we promise to all children the right...

On Monday, Senator Patty Murray (D-Wash.) called for Betsy DeVos to remove her acting civil rights chief, Candice Jackson, for "callous" comments about campus...

After a few months of relative quiet, U.S. Education Secretary Betsy DeVos finds herself once again in the headlines for her conflicts of interest...

From the moment she was nominated by Donald Trump to serve as Secretary of Education, Betsy DeVos has been under fire from those concerned...

In 2007, The Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program was enacted. This program promises to forgive the student loans of those who work in a variety...

Betsy DeVos, Donald Trump's choice to serve as Secretary of Education, has been a controversial choice from the beginning. And today was supposed to...

Betsy DeVos, the Michigan billionaire with no education experience who’s been tapped by the Trump administration to run the Department of Education, will have...

Betsy DeVos, Donald Trump's nominee to serve as the next Secretary of Education, is not only totally unqualified and even hostile to public education,...

The more I hear from Ben Carson, the more terrified I become of the harm he would cause as our President. I try to give...