"We won," she told NPR."We raised our voices and they finally heard us. Disbelief followed by a relief like I have not felt before."
According to the latest Education Department data, as of July 6, 2020, approximately two-thirds of TEACH Grant recipients who successfully had their loans turned back to grants had already or have since satisfied the program's teaching requirement. While the program's flaws date back to its beginning, in 2008, it was the Trump administration that agreed to a remedy and apologized to teachers like McCollum.
"We've put teachers who didn't deserve this stress, this pressure, this financial burden in a position that is frightening and confusing," the Education Department's then-acting undersecretary and acting assistant secretary, Diane Auer Jones,."I can't give them back those years, and I can't take away the gray hairs and I can't take away the stress. It seems like a small thing to do to say, 'I'm sorry,' but I'm very sorry.
Since the TEACH Grant program began, roughly 32,000 educators have successfully completed the program, receiving approximately $200 million in grants to pay for their degrees, according to the department.for TEACH to the Federal Register on Aug. 14. Those regulations will go into effect July 1, 2021.
What percentage is that?
NPR made this happen. My $11,000 mistake was fixed because of your reporting. Good work!
Thanks to YOU!
Thank you, NPR!!!
All American public school teachers are suspect Communists Terrorists. All College/University staff are suspect Communist Terrorists. Stop ALL US funding of education. Stop ALL Govt involvement in College Loans. FundCharterSchools FundHomeSchooling FundChristianSchooling
Nothing is ‘erased’, that’s childish thinking.
Yeah NPR!
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THAT WHOLE WHITE HOUSE et al ...NEEDS PSYCHOLOGICAL HELP ...maybe Mary Trump PH D can help them with all that FAMILY DRAMA/DYSFUNCTION! ALL This SH has been a HOT 🥵 LAUGHABLE MESS since the day these AMERICANS elected orange 🍊 dude in November 2016! SOCIOPATHY!
Since when does NPR actually do any investigation?
Yay. Well done.
Not in the article but this was a poorly executed Obama program that has now been fixed by the Trump administration
That is freaking awesome. This right here is a great example of why we need journalism. To all who worked on this story, thank you for all your hard work. 3
Excellent
That’s AMAZING! I remember that NPR segment, and being so angry about it. Probably that rich bitch BetsyDeVosED twisting the goal of a program intended to help people 180 degrees to graft loan payments for herself or someone else she knows.
Parents are not informed and the DEFAULT option was hybrid for families. This is the 75% of families are sending their kids to school stat NYCMayor keeps quoting. In reality, so far 40-50% some schools parents opted remote already! KeepNYCSchoolsRemote
DefundNPR
lol, unfair student debt. Wish I had my student loans turned into grants.
This process has always been impossible by design. I’ve tried for years to get them forgiven but could never figure out how.
This is why we need investigative journalism at the national and local level. It’s how you shine a light on injustice and cause change. It’s sad that local news papers can’t afford to do this anymore since nobody pays for news these days.
A drop in the barrel, not bucket. This program has been a sham, and not because of the effort put forth by the teachers.
Defund teachers.. they aren’t even essential
Trump winning again. Is there anything this guy can't do?