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The federal student loan portfolio – which manages about $1.6 trillion in loans for roughly 43 million borrowers – is currently overseen by the Education Department's office of Federal Student Aid (FSA).

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Trump says Education Department will no longer oversee student loans, 'special needs'

The president said federal student loans would move to the Small Business Administration, and hinted that the Department of Health and Human Services would take over special education oversight.

March 21, 2025
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  • Cory Turner
Healy Hall, the flagship building of Georgetown University's main campus in Washington, D.C., is seen in 2011.

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  • Law

What we know about the case of detained Georgetown professor Badar Khan Suri

The Indian national and postdoctoral fellow is the latest scholar detained or deported by the Trump administration for speaking in support of Palestinian rights or criticizing Israel's actions in Gaza.

March 21, 2025
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  • Jaclyn Diaz
President Donald Trump holds up a signed executive order alongside Secretary of Education Linda McMahon in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Thursday, March 20, 2025.

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  • Education

Closing Education Department puts 'American competitiveness' at risk, expert warns

The Trump administration plans to gut the Education Department office that measures student success. An education expert says this could hurt American competitiveness in the long run.

March 21, 2025
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  • A Martínez and
  • Obed Manuel
Naomi, 7 (Left), and Makena, 9 (Center) hold signs and chant during a rally in front of the Department of Education to protest budget cuts.

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Education Dept. cuts could hurt low-income schools. And, an entertainment rundown

President Trump signed an executive action yesterday to start shutting down the Education Department, which could hurt low-income and rural schools. And, this week's new music, movies and books.

March 21, 2025
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  • Brittney Melton
On Thursday, President Donald Trump signed an executive action to begin dismantling the U.S. Department of Education.

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  • Education

Trump signs order aiming to close the Education Department

The Trump administration has already moved to cut the department's staff by half.

March 20, 2025
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  • Cory Turner
President Trump speaks before signing executive orders in the Oval Office on March 6.

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  • National

Trump suspends $175 million in funding to University of Pennsylvania over trans athletes

The University of Pennsylvania found itself at the center of the trans athlete debate when one of its trans students won a series of events during the 2022 swim season.

March 20, 2025
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  • Alana Wise
A yard sign reading "vote today" sits outside a polling place in Savannah, with a live oak tree and Spanish moss in the background.

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  • Politics

Savannah-area voters pass 1% sales tax referendum to fund Chatham County public school improvements

The vote secures a projected $705 million in revenue through 2030 for the Savannah-Chatham County Public School System.

March 19, 2025
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  • Benjamin Payne
Clotilde Poujade practices French pronunciations with students at École Pointe-au-Chien, a new public French immersion school in Terrebonne Parish, La.

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  • Education

Louisiana has a long history with French. This immersion school aims to keep it alive

Most Louisianans no longer speak French, but a growing number of schools are now immersing kids in it. At École Pointe-au-Chien, the focus is on teaching local French dialects first.

March 19, 2025
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  • Aubri Juhasz
The crowd gathered in the Zelma Redding Amptheater for the official opening of Otis Redding Center for the Arts in Macon.

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  • Arts & Culture News

The new arts center named for soul great Otis Redding is open for education and expression

The Otis Redding Center for the Arts in Macon is the new home for yearslong efforts by the soul great's family to educate the next generation of musicians.

The new arts center named for soul great Otis Redding is open for education and expression

March 19, 2025
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  • Grant Blankenship
A view of the campus of Harvard University

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  • Education

Harvard will be free for students whose families make $100,000 or less

The expanded financial aid plan will also offer free tuition to families that make $200,000 or less. The move comes after affirmative action was barred from the admissions process.

March 18, 2025
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  • Manuela López Restrepo
Math teacher Diane Laney hard at work in her third-grade classroom at Ider High school, which serves grades K-12. Students use counters to help model multiplication.

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  • Education

How Alabama students went from last place to rising stars in math

Alabama is the only state where 4th-grade math scores are higher now than they were in 2019, before the pandemic. This is the story of how the state pulled it off.

March 17, 2025
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By:
  • Cory Turner

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  • Education

March Madness begins for NPR's College Podcast Challenge

Our 10 finalists for the best college podcasts in the country include students from some familiar schools, and a few surprises.

March 16, 2025
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  • Steve Drummond and
  • Janet W. Lee
Protesters rally in support of detained Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil outside Columbia University in New York on Friday, March 14, 2025.

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  • Education

Turmoil rocks Columbia University as Trump administration demands changes — or else

The Trump administration delivered an ultimatum to leaders of Columbia University: Make a series of major changes or lose out on billions in federal aid.

March 15, 2025
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  • Jaclyn Diaz
According to an annual survey of college online-learning officers, 83% of online programs in higher education cost students as much as or more than in-person courses.

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  • Education

As enrollment in online college grows, students wonder: Why does it cost more?

Rather than lowering the price, some universities use online courses to subsidize everything else.

March 15, 2025
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  • Jon Marcus
Second graders Serena Lacour, Luke Busby and Dylan Poche work on a word-identification reading game, while other groups work with their teacher, Cady Caskey, on sounding out words.

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  • Education

Five years since COVID, Louisiana's readers are thriving. This is their secret.

In 2019, Louisiana's fourth graders ranked 50th in the country for reading. Now, they're 16th. Here's how the state, and one rural district, pulled it off.

March 14, 2025
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  • Jonaki Mehta
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