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January 8, 2021 | 7:34 AM

DeVos resigns as Education Secretary, says, ‘impressionable children are watching’

She called the riots "unconscionable," and contrary to the president's efforts to downplay his role in fomenting the unrest, DeVos said she believed "there is no mistaking the impact your rhetoric had on the situation, and it is the inflection point for me."
By Cory Turner/NPR
December 5, 2020 | 9:47 AM

Education department extends student loan payment freeze through January

In March, borrowers were granted a reprieve on their loan payments, interest was set to 0% and collections of defaulted federal student loans stopped. Congress initiated this relief in the CARES Act, and President Trump later extended it.

By Elissa Nadworny/NPR
July 22, 2020 | 4:36 PM

NAACP sues Betsy DeVos over federal aid money for private schools

Education Secretary Betsy DeVos issued a rule that says if states want to use the funds to provide services for all students, they must also fund “equitable services” for all private school students in the district.

By Anya Kamenetz/NPR

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April 29, 2020 | 10:55 AM

DeVos to use coronavirus relief funds for home schooling ‘microgrants’

States will be able to apply for a piece of the $180 million allotted to the “Rethink K-12 Education Models Grant,” and $127.5 million allotted to the “Reimagining Workforce Preparation Grant.”

By NPR
April 28, 2020 | 1:56 PM

Secretary DeVos forgoes waiving disability law amid school closures

When Congress passed the coronavirus relief package, known as the CARES act, they included a provision that allowed the Secretary to request waivers to parts of the special education law during the pandemic.

By Elissa Nadworny/NPR
April 23, 2020 | 5:39 AM

DeVos excludes DACA recipients, foreign students from grants

University leaders and immigration groups blasted the change, saying the new limits that were not included in Congress' legislation.
By Collin Binkley/The Associated Press
March 27, 2020 | 5:08 AM

Federal Education Department: Penn State violated Title IX after Jerry Sandusky case

"'Justice delayed is justice denied,'and for too long the students of Penn State have been denied justice.”
By The Associated Press
February 5, 2020 | 9:47 PM

Pence stops by Pa. in hopes of rallying the Trump vote

At a Women for Trump event in Camp Hill, the vice president touched on education, veterans’ issues, abortion, undocumented immigrants and what he sees as ‘socialism’ in the Democratic party.

By Katie Meyer/WITF
December 11, 2019 | 3:15 AM

Betsy DeVos overruled Education Dept. findings on defrauded student borrowers

The memos show this unit reviewed thousands of borrower complaints against now-defunct, for-profit colleges, including Corinthian Colleges and ITT Technical Institute.
By Cory Turner/NPR
September 18, 2018 | 4:39 AM

Betsy DeVos decries attacks on campus speech in Philly lecture

By Avi Wolfman-Arent/Keystone Crossroads
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