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Miguel Cardona, the U.S. Education Secretary, announced new efforts to help borrowers hurt by problems with its repayment programs. Arin Yoon/Bloomberg via Getty Images hide caption

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Government efforts to erase student loan debt have now reached 3.6 million borrowers

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Claudine Gay (from left), president of Harvard University, Liz Magill, president of University of Pennsylvania, Pamela Nadell, professor of history and Jewish studies at American University, and Sally Kornbluth, president of Massachusetts Institute of Technology, testify before the House Education and Workforce Committee on Tuesday. Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images hide caption

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Lawmakers grill the presidents of Harvard, MIT and Penn over antisemitism on campus

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Disinformation researcher Joan Donovan testifying remotely during a U.S. Senate hearing in April 2021. Donovan contends she lost her job at Harvard University due to pressure from the social media company, Meta. Pool/Getty Images hide caption

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School districts across the country will be able to order free COVID-19 tests from the federal government starting in early December. Patrick Sison/AP hide caption

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Free COVID tests headed to nation's schools

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Scott Simon with his daughter, Elise, during the holidays. Caroline Simon hide caption

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Opinion: School shows are a magical part of the holidays

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Pakistani teacher Riffat Arif, known as Sister Zeph, is the 2023 winner of the Varkey Foundation Global Teacher Prize. She holds a trophy presented at a dinner in her honor in Paris. She says she faced bad treatment from her teachers at school and dreamed of "a teacher who gives equal respect and love to children with no difference. I could not find that teacher, so I will be that teacher." Ludovic Marin/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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Education Secretary Miguel Cardona speaks during an interview with The Associated Press in his office at the Department of Education, Sept. 20, 2023, in Washington, D.C. Mark Schiefelbein/AP hide caption

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Millions could benefit from a new way out of student loan default

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HBCUs recruit international athletes for tennis. Some are calling it into question

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Five Democratic Central Bucks School District candidates pose with current school board member Mariam Mahmud at the Bucks County Democratic headquarters on election night. Pictured left to right: Heather Reynolds, Rick Haring, Mahmud, Susan Gibson, Dana Foley and Karen Smith. Courtesy of Diana Leygerman hide caption

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This school board made news for banning books. Voters flipped it to majority Democrat

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Posters hung around the New York University campus in Greenwich Village, showing people kidnapped by Hamas on Oct. 7 in Israel, are seen torn up and covered with pro-Palestinian graffiti. Andrew Lichtenstein/Getty Images hide caption

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Colleges face pressure to curb antisemitism and Islamophobia

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'Just say no' didn't actually protect students from drugs. Here's what could

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Like it or not: Kids hear the news. Here's how teachers help them understand it

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Across the Lehigh Valley, contentious races for control of local school boards are taking center stage in the November election. Angela Weiss/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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School board elections are latest battleground for polarized national politics

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A woman walks by a Cornell University sign on the Ivy League school's campus in Ithaca, New York, on Jan. 14, 2022. Cornell University administrators dispatched campus police to a Jewish center after threatening statements appeared on a discussion board Sunday, Oct. 29, 2023. Ted Shaffrey/AP hide caption

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Education Secretary Miguel Cardona talks to reporters during the daily news conference in the Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House on June 30, 2023 in Washington, D.C. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images hide caption

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Education Department punishes student loan servicer for billing mistakes

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Matiullah Wesa, a girls' education advocate, reads to students in Spin Boldak district in Kandahar province of Afghanistan on May 21, 2022. The Taliban have freed the Afghan activist who campaigned for the education of girls, a local nonprofit organization said Thursday. Wesa was arrested seven months ago and spent 215 days in prison, according to the group, Pen Path. Siddiqullah Khan/AP hide caption

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