UCET Outstanding Leader Award This award recognizes and honors a leader (principal, superintendent, school or district technology staff, regional technology trainer, etc.) who has demonstrated outstanding achievement and leadership in implementing technology to improve education. UCET24 Outstanding Leader – Melanie Durfee Achievement Specialist on the DT&L team at USBE Nominated by: Jim Stewart, Rick Gaisford,…
Many states have school voucher programs allowing tax money to be used for private schools. Supporters of “school choice” put proposals on the ballot in three states this month. Voters defeated them. ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: Many states already have school voucher programs that allow tax money to be used for private schools. Supporters of so-called…
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After weeks of testing the application, the U.S. Department of Education released this cycle’s FAFSA form on Thursday. Seth Wenig/AP hide caption toggle caption Seth Wenig/AP The Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) is now open to all students and families hoping to get help paying for college in the 2025-26 school year. After…
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MIT is among the handful of higher education institutions that announced free tuition initiatives. Charles Krupa/AP hide caption toggle caption Charles Krupa/AP Nearly half a dozen institutions of higher education separately announced plans this week to make tuition free for undergraduates who meet certain income requirements, reflecting a growing nationwide effort to make college more…
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Linda McMahon speaks during the 2024 Republican National Convention in Milwaukee. Matt Rourke/AP hide caption toggle caption Matt Rourke/AP President-elect Donald Trump announced he will nominate Linda McMahon, a former head of the U.S. Small Business Administration during his first term and a co-chair of his transition team, to lead the U.S. Department of Education….
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NPR’s Michel Martin speaks with Dartmouth College President Sian Beilock about how the school dealt with Gaza protests and other issues. MICHEL MARTIN, HOST: It’s been more than a year since many elite colleges and universities were roiled by on-campus protests sparked by the Hamas attack on southern Israel and the war in Gaza that…
Flags decorate a space at the Education Department in Washington. Jacquelyn Martin/AP hide caption toggle caption Jacquelyn Martin/AP Morning Edition is diving into promises President-elect Donald Trump said he would fulfill in his second term. We asked several education policy experts about Trump’s promise to close the Department of Education. What President-elect Trump said about…
With Trump’s win, federal student loan borrowers will need to get used to a new normal and new priorities. Moor Studio/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Moor Studio/Getty Images Millions of federal student loan borrowers are facing uncertainty — or, rather, even more uncertainty — after last week’s presidential election. President Biden will leave office…
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Matt and Emily Kayser of Westchester County, N.Y., visit Colby College in Maine for a campus tour in August. Sofia Aldinio/The Hechinger Report hide caption toggle caption Sofia Aldinio/The Hechinger Report For Emily Kayser, the prospect of covering her son’s college tuition on a teacher’s salary is “scary. It’s very stressful.” To pay for it,…
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Members of the class of 2016 are presented with their degrees during the commencement ceremony at Howard University in May, 2016. Alex Wong/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Alex Wong/Getty Images The absolute number of Black men enrolled at Historically Black Colleges and Universities is the lowest it’s been since 1976. That’s according to recent…
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