Scammers targeting student-loan borrowers in Wisconsin and elsewhere are shifting into high gear – spurred by the uncertainty surrounding President Joseph R. Biden’s debt-cancellation plan.
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Survey Confirms Child Care Providers’ Struggles To Find, Pay and Keep Workers
With low pay and precarious outside support, child care centers continue to struggle to find workers, making it harder for other employers to hire the parents of young children, a new national survey finds.
Committee advances Native American education bills
Wisconsin’s State-Tribal Relations special committee unanimously voted to advance a bill that would update a 1989 law that requires primary and secondary public schools to teach students about the history, culture and treaty rights of Wisconsin’s Native Americans Tuesday.
Student Loan Repayment Pause Extended by White House Amid Legal Battles Over Relief Plan
The Department of Education announced on Tuesday it is extending the pandemic-era pause on federal student loan repayments until June 30 while legal challenges to the administration’s student debt relief program are fought over in the courts.
Stability or Disruption for Wisconsin Schools? | Opinion
Parent-teacher conferences just ended — a process akin to speed-dating, during which my husband and I met with our high school sophomore’s teachers in a flurry of quick, 10-minute Zoom sessions.
State’s School Libraries To Reap Record Payout From Public Lands Investments
Wisconsin public school libraries will share in $52 million next year from the state’s Common School Fund, paid for with investments by the Board of Commissioners of Public Lands.
Poor Quality Meals Throughout Various Wisconsin School Districts
Students in several Wisconsin school districts are dealing with a lunch meal crisis in which their food would be of low quantity as well as poor quality.
University of Wisconsin System Pushes Forward With Controversial Survey
The University of Wisconsin system announced on Friday, November 11, that they would begin distributing a survey to students to learn about “attitudes toward free speech, viewpoint diversity, and self-censorship on campus.”
Why Is the UW System Working With the Controversial Hillsdale Charter School Network? | Opinion
Controversy surrounding Hillsdale charter schools led the Lac Courte Oreilles Ojibwe University in Wisconsin to threaten to sever ties last month with Lake Country Classical Academy — Wisconsin’s first Hillsdale-affiliated charter school.
De-Emphasizing SATs Would Be a Godsend for Students and Parents | Opinion
1080. That’s what I tallied on the SATs more than 40 years ago while attending my college prep high school in Washington, D.C.