Education Dept sets deadline for Public Service Loan Forgiveness waiver

The Education Department is trying to make it easier for public servants to receive student debt relief, but the changes to the federal relief program are only temporary. The agency added a waiver to the Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) program, in an effort to help more public servants receive debt relief, but to qualify for the program, applications must be in by Oct. 31. The PSLF program, in part, aims to encourage more college graduates to join the federal service. Borrowers who have worked for 10 years in federal…

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It’s Time for Parents to Lead on Education Because They ‘Know Their Children Best’

When it comes to children’s education, parents know best, Laura Zorc says.  As the mother of four kids herself, Zorc has been fighting for education reform since 2013, when her home state of Florida began adopting Common Core education goals. She successfully rallied a group of parents to stand against the federally funded learning standards. Now, she is training parents across the nation to be advocates for their own children in the classroom. “Just because we send our kids to these government public schools, that does not mean the moment…

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Parent Activists Warn That Fight for Education Far From Over

Parent activists, school board members, and a congressman gathered Monday in Washington to remind Attorney General Merrick Garland and the Justice Department that the fight for education is only just beginning.  “Whether it’s radical transgender policies in our schools, whether it’s putting masks on our children, which is paramount to child abuse, whether it’s forcing vaccines on our children, or whether it’s teaching radical critical race theory in our school systems, educating our teachers to teach that, the lens through which everything is taught, we reject that,” Rep. Bob Good,…

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Dr. Tre Pennie, Former Candidate for US Congress, introduces 501(c)3 organization called “EARN-IT USA Foundation” to uplift underserved majority-minority districts through education and training. – PRNewswire

Dr. Tre Pennie, Former Candidate for US Congress, introduces 501(c)3 organization called “EARN-IT USA Foundation” to uplift underserved majority-minority districts through education and training.  PRNewswire “us congress” – Google News

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