Newsweek
Newly obtained documents released Tuesday by congressional panels showed that the Department of Education ditched an online system-reportedly because it was too easy to use-earlier this year for student borrowers who were defrauded by their colleges or universities to recover their lost funds via loan forgiveness. Read more >>

Education Dive
The U.S. Department of Labor released guidance on the executive order, defining "race or sex stereotyping" and "race or sex scapegoating," both concepts the directive prohibits. The department also noted that implicit bias training is banned if it teaches that any individual, by virtue of their race, sex or national origin, is oppressive or pre-judicial, consciously or not. Read more >>

FutureEd
The coronavirus outbreak has upended the way schools are operating, and the pain could continue through this school year and beyond, as tax revenue losses will likely bring sharp cuts in education funding. Recognizing this, Congress dedicated some of its $2 trillion March stimulus package, known as the CARES Act, to supporting education, including $13.2 billion for K-12 schools. Read more >>

U.S. News & World Report
House Democrats subpoenaed three career staff members at the Education Department on Thursday as part of their ongoing investigation into the Trump administration's role in allowing Dream Center, the operator of two now-defunct for-profit colleges, to mislead students and continue operating the schools despite losing their accreditation. Read more >>

National Education Association
NEA recently released Digital Equity for Students and Educators, a report exploring the digital divide for school-aged (5-17 years old) children, which reveals that an estimated one-quarter of those children don't have what they need for online learning during the pandemic. Read more >>

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