MIGUEL CARDONA

President Biden and Vice President Harris told a task force "extremist Republicans" and the Supreme court's Dobbs ruling are creating a "health care crisis."

A libertarian group in California filed a legal challenge to President Joe Biden’s plan for student debt cancellation on Tuesday, calling it an illegal overreach that would increase state tax burdens for some Americans who get their debt forgiven.

Kamala Harris was mocked by a variety of Twitter users in the latest example of the vice president giving an incoherent speech many on the internet found humorous.

In the search for next steps on the government's loan forgiveness plan, some borrowers are finding fake emails and texts instead of real answers.

Several members of Congress sounded the alarm on the lack of insight into how education funds from the American Rescue Plan have been used by schools.

House Democrats are proposing new legislation that would increase federal student aid, lower interest rates on loans and take other steps to make college more affordable.

Just hours after a Montana judge blocked health officials from enforcing a state rule that would prevent transgender people from changing the gender on their birth certificate, the Republican-run state said it would defy the order.

Everywhere, it seems, the return to school has been shadowed by worries of a teacher shortage.

A memo from Trump's administration said he couldn't cancel student debt broadly. Biden's Education Department has a response: that's wrong.

Education Secretary Miguel Cardona discusses the Biden administration's student loan forgiveness program and how it will impact Americans' futures.

The walkout by the Columbus Education Association began Monday and could end as soon as this coming Monday. It's the union's first strike since 1975.

The Biden administration is tying its authority to cancel student debt to the coronavirus pandemic and to a 2003 law aimed at providing help to members of the military.

President Biden announced a sweeping effort to forgive up to $20,000 of federal student loan debt for Pell Grant recipients, and up to $10,000 for other qualifying borrowers.

The Biden administration has already canceled more student loan debt than any other administration in U.S. history.

On this "Face the Nation" broadcast, Education Secretary Miguel Cardona and Dr. Deborah Birx joined Margaret Brennan.

"The dollars are there to make sure that we can open up our schools with sufficient educators," the education secretary said.

The following is a transcript of an interview with Education Secretary Miguel Cardona on "Face the Nation" on January 2, 2022.

Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona, Rep. Mike Turner, Dr. Deborah Birx and more will appear on "Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan" this Sunday.

With just days until an Aug. 31 deadline, it's still unclear if payments and interest will actually resume in September.

Education Sec. Miguel Cardona said he is "having conversations daily with the White House" on the student-loan payment pause that's expiring Aug. 31.

The U.S. Department of Education announced on Tuesday that it would cancel the student loans for 208,000 borrowers who attended ITT Technical Institute.

Students who used federal loans to attend ITT Technical Institute as far back as 2005 will automatically get that debt canceled.

Jill Biden says she didn't doubt that she could keep teaching as first lady and overcame skepticism that she could handle both jobs by instructing her staff to “figure it out.”.

First lady Jill Biden smiled and waved as two unidentified hecklers shouted at her while she walked into an ice cream shop in New Haven, Connecticut on Wednesday.

Jill Biden and Education Secretary Miguel Cardona are kicking off a summer learning tour this week with stops in Connecticut, Georgia and Michigan over two days.

The Biden administration announced on Wednesday that it was moving to make sweeping changes to the federal student loan system.

The Biden administration has agreed to cancel $6 billion in student loans for about 200,000 former students who say they were defrauded by their colleges.

Approximately 200,000 borrowers will be affected, according to Education Secretary Miguel Cardona.

The rights of LGBTQ students would become enshrined in federal law and victims of campus sexual assault would gain new protections under new rules proposed by the Biden administration.

The 17 people injured during a mass shooting last week in Uvalde, Texas, are trying to heal in a community marked by mourning the deaths of 21 others.

Students affected do not have to take any further action to secure their funds, and the Department of Education will begin notifying those students soon, the agency said.

President Joe Biden hasn't made a decision yet on how he'll handle the student loan debt issue, but his administration is trying to bring closure to one of the most notorious cases of fraud in American higher education.

The Biden administration says it will forgive all remaining federal student debt for former students of the for-profit Corinthian Colleges chain.

Mourners gathered Wednesday at a funeral for teacher Irma Garcia — who died in the shooting at Robb Elementary School — and her husband, Joe — who died two days later from a heart attack.

Education Secretary Miguel Cardona says he's ashamed the United States is "becoming desensitized to the murder of children” and he's calling for action to prevent more lives from being lost in school shootings like the one in Uvalde, Texas.

Here's what borrowers need to know about the U.S. Department of Education's plans to overhaul the student loan system.

The White House has said a decision on canceling debt would be made between now and the end of August.

As the White House mulls canceling debt, a new study from the New York Fed details how different proposals would affect borrowers.

Democratic Sen. Ben Ray Luján says Thursday that he’s 90% recovered from his stroke.

A review found some servicers had been placing borrowers facing financial difficulties into forbearance instead of giving them clear information about income-driven repayment options.

The Biden administration has announced that federal student loan payments will remain paused through Aug. 31, extending a freeze that began in 2020 but was set to end after this month.

The Biden administration plans to freeze federal student loan payments through Aug. 31, extending a moratorium that has allowed millions of Americans to postpone payments during the coronavirus pandemic.

The challenge against Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis aims to block a new law that forbids classroom instruction on sexual orientation and gender identity in kindergarten through third grade.

More than 100,000 borrowers will receive student debt forgiveness due to policy fixes to the public service loan forgiveness program.

Gay rights advocates are suing Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis to block a new law forbidding classroom instruction on sexual orientation and gender identity in kindergarten through third grade.

President Joe Biden has marked Transgender Day of Visibility by denouncing what he's calling “hateful bills” being passed at the state level.

Florida has come under intense national scrutiny over legislation that critics have labeled the “Don’t Say Gay” law.

In another clash between the Biden administration and Florida Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis, U.S. Education Secretary Miguel Cardona has spoke with LGBTQ students in Florida.

Americans owe more than $1.7 trillion in student loan debt in the United States.

Vice President Kamala Harris is set to announce that historically Black colleges and universities that recently received bomb threats are eligible for federal campus security grants.

The giant American Rescue Plan that provides $1.9 trillion in pandemic relief turns one year old on Friday.

Nearly 100,000 people are eligible for student loan debt cancelation, the Department of Education announced on Wednesday.The cancellations would apply to people who were affected by changes the agency made to the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program (PSLF) last year. In total, the cancellations would amount to almost $6.2 billion in student debt relief, according to CNN.Under the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program, eligible borrowers...

Vice President Kamala Harris is in Selma, Alabama, to mark the anniversary of a defining moment in the fight for equal voting rights.

Nearly 16,000 student loan borrowers who attended for-profit schools will get their debts cleared, the U.S. Department of Education announced.

The Biden administration says it will cancel more than $70 million in student debt for borrowers who say they were defrauded by the for-profit DeVry University.

The federal government can seize certain payments to satisfy delinquent debts. The U.S. Department of Education suspended the practice until after Nov. 1.

Jill Biden has turned Valentine's Day into a teachable moment for some second graders at a Washington, D.

Education Secretary Miguel Cardona says the nation’s schools must act more urgently to help millions of students who have fallen behind during the pandemic.

Education Secretary Miguel Cardona told "CBS Mornings" that keeping schools open "is vital for our students."

Districts that have opted for virtual learning this winter are firmly in the minority right now. Only about 100 of the nation's over 13,000 school districts are opting for virtual learning this winter despite surging case numbers.

To help keep students in school, the CDC and U.S. Education Secretary Miguel Cardona endorsed test-to-stay as an alternative to 10-day quarantines.

Browse all of our full transcripts from 2022 of "Face the Nation" with Margaret Brennan.

The following is the full transcript of an interview with Education Secretary Miguel Cardona on "Face the Nation" on January 2, 2022.

Mask requirements are returning in some school districts that had dropped them.

Harris said the administration has to "figure out how we can creatively relieve the pressure that students are feeling because of their student loan debt."

The Biden administration is extending a student loan moratorium that has allowed tens of millions of Americans to put off debt payments during the pandemic.

Schools across the U.S. are using portions of the windfall of federal coronavirus relief money to quickly expand their capacity to address students’ struggles with mental health.

Cardona said it "wasn't a mistake" to keep schools closed throughout the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Biden administration is encouraging local school districts to host clinics to provide COVID-19 vaccinations to kids and information to parents on the benefits of the shots.

President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden have recognized the 2021 and 2020 national teachers of the year and all teachers for the work they do.

The Biden Administration has provided over $9.5 billion of student loan relief in seven months. Roughly $1.7 trillion of student loans remain.

"We can't wait for a personal finance course in high school," U.S. Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona told CNBC's Sharon Epperson in an interview.

"It's appalling that we're talking about debating whether or not to protect children," said Education Secretary Miguel Cardona.

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In a letter Friday, Democrats demanded that the Education Dept. determine in 2 weeks the legality of cancelling $50,000 or more in debt per borrower.

A student debt forgiveness program with notoriously complex eligibility rules is getting an overhaul from the Biden administration, with the intent of extending debt relief to thousands of public workers.

A "60 Minutes" report broadcast Sunday detailed how few active-duty service members had their student loan debt erased.

The Biden administration is overhauling the Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program. The Department of Education said the changes could benefit more than 550,000 public-sector workers. Seth Frotman, the executive director of the Student Borrower Protection Center, joins CBSN's Lana Zak to discuss the changes and who might qualify.

A "60 Minutes" report broadcast Sunday detailed how few active-duty service members had their student loan debt erased.

The Biden administration announced major changes to the public service loan forgiveness program, bringing more than 550,000 borrowers closer to relief.

The Biden administration is temporarily relaxing the rules for a student loan forgiveness program that has been criticized for its notoriously complex requirements.

U.S. Education Secretary Miguel Cardona has tried to balance optimism around safe, in-person learning with political pugilism aimed at officials who are making it hard for schools to require masks.

Alachua County Public Schools announced Thursday that it is the first school district in the nation to receive a federal grant to replace funding that was withheld over its mask mandate.

U.S. Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona on Tuesday recognized 325 schools as National Blue Ribbon Schools for 2021, including Jacksonville Beach Elementary and six others in Florida.

U.S. Education Secretary Miguel Cardona is hopping a purple bus for his "Return-to-School Road Trip." His message to students and educators: It's good to be back.

Connecticut and a handful of other states have recently decided to mandate students be taught about Native American culture and history.

Mississippi Republican Gov. Tate Reeves says President Joe Biden’s new federal vaccine requirements are “clearly unconstitutional” and that he believes Biden issued the mandate to distract Americans from the fallout over his decision to withdraw American troops from Afghanistan.

The department sent letters to state leaders in Iowa, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee and Utah, warning that mask mandate bans could violate federal protections for students with disabilities.

The Education Department says it’s investigating five Republican-led states that have banned or limited mask requirements in schools, saying the policies could amount to discrimination against students with disabilities or health conditions.

The Education Department has announced it will forgive student debt for more than 100,000 borrowers who attended colleges in the now-defunct ITT Technical Institute chain but left before graduating.

The American Civil Liberties Union has filed a federal lawsuit over a South Carolina law that bans school districts from imposing mask mandates.

The Biden administration says the historic amount of federal pandemic aid flowing to the nation's K-12 schools presents a moment for reimagining all aspects of American education.

The Biden administration says it will automatically erase student loan debt for more than 300,000 Americans with disabilities that leave them unable to earn significant incomes.

President Joe Biden has ordered his Education secretary to explore possible legal action against states that have blocked school mask mandates and other public health measures meant to protect students.

The state’s largest teachers union is tracking school-related cases, quarantines and deaths.

As some Florida districts are defying an executive order by requiring students to wear masks, that move is getting some support from the highest level.

President Joe Biden’s administration is offering its full-throated support for local cities and school boards in Texas and Florida that are defying orders by their Republican governors that prohibit mask-wearing mandates in schools.

The Biden administration has announced that federal student loan payments will remain suspended through January 2022, extending a pause that was scheduled to expire next month.

A leftist political novice who has promised to be a champion of his country’s poor has been sworn in as Peru’s new president.

Georgia has received approval for its plans to use $1.4 billion in federal coronavirus relief money, most directly allocated to Georgia’s 180-plus school districts.