MIGUEL CARDONA

Jill Biden says she didn't doubt that she could keep teaching as first lady and overcame skepticism that she could handle both jobs by instructing her staff to “figure it out.”.

First lady Jill Biden smiled and waved as two unidentified hecklers shouted at her while she walked into an ice cream shop in New Haven, Connecticut on Wednesday.

Jill Biden and Education Secretary Miguel Cardona are kicking off a summer learning tour this week with stops in Connecticut, Georgia and Michigan over two days.

Jill Biden and Education Secretary Miguel Cardona will visit Connecticut, Georgia and Michigan this week to examine summer learning programs that are helping children who fell behind during the pandemic catch up on reading, writing and...

The Biden administration announced on Wednesday that it was moving to make sweeping changes to the federal student loan system.

Federal student loans serviced by FedLoan are being transferred in stages to several other services.

If approved, the settlement will cancel $6 billion in federal loans for roughly 200,000 people who attended schools that were deemed to have defrauded students or otherwise flouted certain state laws. Students who can show their schools misled them or otherwise engaged in misconduct or violated certain state laws may be eligible for what is called a borrower defense loan repayment. The repayments were essentially halted under former President Donald Trump when then-Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos attempted to block them. About 200,000 people who attended one of listed schools are receiving automatic relief — a full erasure of their loans, refund of what they paid and credit repair. All of the students’ loans will remain in forbearance with zero interest until they get settlement relief or a denial of cancellation that they are allowed to appeal.

The Biden administration has agreed to cancel $6 billion in student loans for about 200,000 former students who say they were defrauded by their colleges.

Approximately 200,000 borrowers will be affected, according to Education Secretary Miguel Cardona.

The rights of LGBTQ students would become enshrined in federal law and victims of campus sexual assault would gain new protections under new rules proposed by the Biden administration.

Some 560,000 borrowers who attended a now-closed for-profit college will have $5.8 billion in student loans canceled, the U.S. Department of Education announced. The cancellation of loans associated with Corinthian College represents the largest one-time debt forgiveness by the Department of Education. The new action ensures all borrowers who attended from Corinthian’s founding in 1995 through its closure in April 2015 will get debt relief, CNN reported. At its peak in 2010, Corinthian College had more than 110,000 students at 105 campuses. The colleges closed in 2015 after federal officials determined that they had misled students about the ability to transfer and falsified its job placement rates.

The 17 people injured during a mass shooting last week in Uvalde, Texas, are trying to heal in a community marked by mourning the deaths of 21 others.

Students affected do not have to take any further action to secure their funds, and the Department of Education will begin notifying those students soon, the agency said.

President Joe Biden hasn't made a decision yet on how he'll handle the student loan debt issue, but his administration is trying to bring closure to one of the most notorious cases of fraud in American higher education.

The Biden administration says it will forgive all remaining federal student debt for former students of the for-profit Corinthian Colleges chain.

Mourners gathered Wednesday at a funeral for teacher Irma Garcia — who died in the shooting at Robb Elementary School — and her husband, Joe — who died two days later from a heart attack.

Education Secretary Miguel Cardona says he's ashamed the United States is "becoming desensitized to the murder of children” and he's calling for action to prevent more lives from being lost in school shootings like the one in Uvalde, Texas.

Here's what borrowers need to know about the U.S. Department of Education's plans to overhaul the student loan system.

The White House has said a decision on canceling debt would be made between now and the end of August.

As the White House mulls canceling debt, a new study from the New York Fed details how different proposals would affect borrowers.

Democratic Sen. Ben Ray Luján says Thursday that he’s 90% recovered from his stroke.

A review found some servicers had been placing borrowers facing financial difficulties into forbearance instead of giving them clear information about income-driven repayment options.

The Biden administration has announced that federal student loan payments will remain paused through Aug. 31, extending a freeze that began in 2020 but was set to end after this month.

The Biden administration plans to freeze federal student loan payments through Aug. 31, extending a moratorium that has allowed millions of Americans to postpone payments during the coronavirus pandemic.

The challenge against Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis aims to block a new law that forbids classroom instruction on sexual orientation and gender identity in kindergarten through third grade.

More than 100,000 borrowers will receive student debt forgiveness due to policy fixes to the public service loan forgiveness program.

President Joe Biden has marked Transgender Day of Visibility by denouncing what he's calling “hateful bills” being passed at the state level.

Florida has come under intense national scrutiny over legislation that critics have labeled the “Don’t Say Gay” law.

In another clash between the Biden administration and Florida Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis, U.S. Education Secretary Miguel Cardona has spoke with LGBTQ students in Florida.

Americans owe more than $1.7 trillion in student loan debt in the United States.

Vice President Kamala Harris says historically Black colleges and universities that were victimized by recent bomb threats are eligible for federal grants to help improve security and mental health on campus.

The giant American Rescue Plan that provides $1.9 trillion in pandemic relief turns one year old on Friday.

Congress is poised to reject Biden’s proposal to double funding for Title I.

Nearly 100,000 people are eligible for student loan debt cancelation, the Department of Education announced on Wednesday.The cancellations would apply to people who were affected by changes the agency made to the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program (PSLF) last year. In total, the cancellations would amount to almost $6.2 billion in student debt relief, according to CNN.Under the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program, eligible borrowers...

Vice President Kamala Harris is in Selma, Alabama, to mark the anniversary of a defining moment in the fight for equal voting rights.

Retaining teachers was top of mind for U.S. Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona and thousands of school leaders at a national conference Thursday in Nashville.

Nearly 16,000 student loan borrowers who attended for-profit schools will get their debts cleared, the U.S. Department of Education announced.

The Biden administration says it will cancel more than $70 million in student debt for borrowers who say they were defrauded by the for-profit DeVry University.

The federal government can seize certain payments to satisfy delinquent debts. The U.S. Department of Education suspended the practice until after Nov. 1.

Jill Biden has turned Valentine's Day into a teachable moment for some second graders at a Washington, D.

Education Secretary Miguel Cardona says the nation’s schools must act more urgently to help millions of students who have fallen behind during the pandemic.

Secretary Miguel Cardona also challenged schools to offer intensive tutoring to help students catch up.

Education Secretary Miguel Cardona told "CBS Mornings" that keeping schools open "is vital for our students."

Districts that have opted for virtual learning this winter are firmly in the minority right now. Only about 100 of the nation's over 13,000 school districts are opting for virtual learning this winter despite surging case numbers.

To help keep students in school, the CDC and U.S. Education Secretary Miguel Cardona endorsed test-to-stay as an alternative to 10-day quarantines.

Browse all of our full transcripts from 2022 of "Face the Nation" with Margaret Brennan.

The following is the full transcript of an interview with Education Secretary Miguel Cardona on "Face the Nation" on January 2, 2022.

Mask requirements are returning in some school districts that had dropped them.

Harris said the administration has to "figure out how we can creatively relieve the pressure that students are feeling because of their student loan debt."

The Biden administration has extended a student loan moratorium through May 1, 2022 giving borrowers an additional three months before payments are due.

The Biden administration is extending a student loan moratorium that has allowed tens of millions of Americans to put off debt payments during the pandemic.

As schools struggle with staffing shortages, federal officials say they should consider raising salaries and hiring more substitutes.

A Chalkbeat investigation found that some states have yet to give out federal COVID relief money set aside for students and families experiencing homelessness.

Schools across the U.S. are using portions of the windfall of federal coronavirus relief money to quickly expand their capacity to address students’ struggles with mental health.

Cardona said it "wasn't a mistake" to keep schools closed throughout the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Biden administration is encouraging local school districts to host clinics to provide COVID-19 vaccinations to kids and information to parents on the benefits of the shots.

Once approved, the shots will be distributed to school-based clinics, pediatricians’ offices, and other sites.

President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden have recognized the 2021 and 2020 national teachers of the year and all teachers for the work they do.

The Biden Administration has provided over $9.5 billion of student loan relief in seven months. Roughly $1.7 trillion of student loans remain.

"We can't wait for a personal finance course in high school," U.S. Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona told CNBC's Sharon Epperson in an interview.

"It's appalling that we're talking about debating whether or not to protect children," said Education Secretary Miguel Cardona.

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In a letter Friday, Democrats demanded that the Education Dept. determine in 2 weeks the legality of cancelling $50,000 or more in debt per borrower.

A student debt forgiveness program with notoriously complex eligibility rules is getting an overhaul from the Biden administration, with the intent of extending debt relief to thousands of public workers.

A "60 Minutes" report broadcast Sunday detailed how few active-duty service members had their student loan debt erased.

The Biden administration is overhauling the Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program. The Department of Education said the changes could benefit more than 550,000 public-sector workers. Seth Frotman, the executive director of the Student Borrower Protection Center, joins CBSN's Lana Zak to discuss the changes and who might qualify.

A "60 Minutes" report broadcast Sunday detailed how few active-duty service members had their student loan debt erased.

The Biden administration announced major changes to the public service loan forgiveness program, bringing more than 550,000 borrowers closer to relief.

The Biden administration is moving to relax the rules for a student loan forgiveness program that has been criticized for its notoriously complex requirements.

The first lady also promoted free community college and pre-kindergarten proposals in the president’s $3.5 trillion economic recovery agenda, which faces key votes in Congres. “New jobs require new skills, and you see it right here in Michigan,” Biden said. The education secretary said making community college free helps Black and brown students who can lack access to education and college planning compared to their white peers. “We know that when we provide free community college for all, it can serve as a foundation or a country’s growth,” Cardona said. “We must get free community college for every student.”Cardona follows Michigan native Betsy DeVos in overseeing the Department of Education.

U.S. Education Secretary Miguel Cardona has tried to balance optimism around safe, in-person learning with political pugilism aimed at officials who are making it hard for schools to require masks.

The list of 2021 National Blue Ribbon schools have been released, and it includes 13 from Michigan.

Biden is scheduled to meet with U.S. Rep. Andy Levin, D-Bloomfield Township, at OCC’s Royal Oak Campus to discuss the president’s Build Back Better Agenda. Related: 412 infected in 99 new coronavirus outbreaks at Michigan schools, per Sept. 20 reportThe Department of Education released a set of recommendations for schools returning to in-person instruction last month. Those recommendations are similar to guidance issued by the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services. The state health department recommends recuiring universal masking for all students, staff, and visitors regardless of community transmission rate or vaccination status. The first lady last visited Michigan in May, when she attended a vaccination clinic at Grand Rapids Community College.

ANN ARBOR, MI - Ann Arbor Public Schools’ Martin Luther King Elementary School has been recognized as one of 13 National Blue Ribbon Schools in Michigan. This is the second time King Elementary has been given Blue Ribbon status, as it also earned the honor in 2014. “Blue Ribbon Schools have so much to offer and can serve as a model for other schools and communities so that we can truly build back better.”Now in its 39th year, the National Blue Ribbon Schools Program has presented approximately 10,000 awards to more than 9,000 schools. Exemplary Achievement Gap-Closing Schools are among the highest performing schools in closing achievement gaps between a school’s student groups and all students. Other Michigan schools named as National Blue Ribbon Schools are:Avoca – Avoca Elementary School, Yale Public SchoolsBloomfield Hills – Conant Elementary School, Bloomfield Hills School District.

U.S. Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona has recognized 325 schools as National Blue Ribbon Schools for 2021, 13 in Michigan and two in Dearborn.

U.S. Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona has recognized 325 schools as National Blue Ribbon Schools for 2021, 13 in Michigan and two in Dearborn.

When Michigan lawmakers set aside money for districts with the lowest poverty rates, the U.S. Education Department said the plan may be illegal.

The prestigious Blue Ribbon recognition goes to schools with high-performing students and to schools that have made progress closing academic gaps.

First lady Jill Biden is traveling to Royal Oak on Friday as part of the Return to School Road Trip.

U.S. Education Secretary Miguel Cardona is hopping a purple bus for his "Return-to-School Road Trip." His message to students and educators: It's good to be back.

Connecticut and a handful of other states have recently decided to mandate students be taught about Native American culture and history.

Alaska Gov_ Mike Dunleavy said President Joe Biden’s effort to require millions of U_S_ workers to get vaccinated against COVID-19 is “ill conceived, divisive, and un-American.”.

The Education Department says it’s investigating five Republican-led states that have banned or limited mask requirements in schools, saying the policies could amount to discrimination against students with disabilities or health conditions.

The Education Department has announced it will forgive student debt for more than 100,000 borrowers who attended colleges in the now-defunct ITT Technical Institute chain but left before graduating.

The American Civil Liberties Union has filed a federal lawsuit over a South Carolina law that bans school districts from imposing mask mandates.

The Biden administration says the historic amount of federal pandemic aid flowing to the nation's K-12 schools presents a moment for reimagining all aspects of American education.

The Biden administration says it will automatically erase student loan debt for more than 300,000 Americans with disabilities that leave them unable to earn significant incomes.

President Joe Biden has ordered his Education secretary to explore possible legal action against states that have blocked school mask mandates and other public health measures meant to protect students.

President Joe Biden’s administration is offering its full-throated support for local cities and school boards in Texas and Florida that are defying orders by their Republican governors that prohibit mask-wearing mandates in schools.

The Biden administration has announced that federal student loan payments will remain suspended through January 2022, extending a pause that was scheduled to expire next month.

A leftist political novice who has promised to be a champion of his country’s poor has been sworn in as Peru’s new president.

The U.S. Department of Education approved Georgia’s plans to use $1.4 billion in federal coronavirus relief money.

The U.S. Education Department has announced it will forgive student loans for more than 1,800 borrowers who attended for-profit colleges that made false recruiting claims.

U.S. health officials say vaccinated teachers and students don't need to wear masks inside school buildings.

President Joe Biden has told the nation's largest teachers union that the nation's educators need “a raise, not just praise.”.

The U.S. Education Department is loosening the rules around a grant program that’s meant to help aspiring teachers pay for college but has actually left many stuck with debt.

U.S. Education Secretary Miguel Cardona says Puerto Rico will receive nearly $4 billion in federal education pandemic relief funds to help boost the U.S. territory’s fight against COVID-19.

The U.S. Education Department on Wednesday expanded its interpretation of federal sex protections to include transgender and gay students.

The U.S. Education Department says it's erasing student debt for thousands of borrowers who attended a for-profit college chain that exaggerated its graduates’ success in finding jobs.

Following the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention updating its mask-wearing and COVID-19 testing guidance, the president of the American Federation of Teachers said all children should be back in school five days a week in the fall.