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President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration next week will mean sweeping changes in the way the federal government handles issues from foreign policy to education — and Education Secretary Miguel Cardona is already rebutting what he’s expecting to see from his successor.
In an exit interview with USA TODAY, Education Secretary Miguel Cardona reflected on his agency's accomplishments – and its unpredictable future.
Millions of student loan borrowers saw their debts forgiven under President Joe Biden's administration. In most cases, the borrower will have heard if they received forgiveness directly from their loan servicer.
The outgoing Biden administration announced its final round of student loan forgiveness on Thursday, erasing more than $600 million in debt held by more than 8,000 borrowers.
Biden's term was marked by unprecedented funding for schools, but no aggressive policy agenda. Did his administration do enough?
The last round of student loan forgiveness from the administration caps a tumultuous effort to deliver widespread relief to millions of Americans.
Three former secretaries of the U.S. Department of Education took to a Brookings Institution panel on Tuesday to offer more perspective on President Donald Trump’s calls to dismantle the federal agency,
President Joe Biden's administration forgave the debt of 8,650 borrowers Thursday. The White House said that will be its last act on student loans before Donald Trump is inaugurated.
President Donald Trump speaks in Emancipation Hall after his inauguration, Monday, Jan. 20, 2025, at the U.S. Capitol in Washington. Trump signed a number of executive orders on his first day in office, including some taking aim at career civil servants in the federal government.
While Republican states were working to limit school history lessons and ban transgender athletes, President Joe Biden’s education chief said he was focused on what matters — putting more social workers in schools,
The heads of the Jan. 6 committee say they're grateful for the decision by President Joe Biden to pardon them “not for breaking the law but for upholding it.”