Federal Guidance Bans Race-Based School Discipline: What Families Should Know Now
The Education Department’s August 18 Dear Colleague Letter bars race in school discipline. What changes for parents — and what the headlines get wrong.

PSLF payment counts are dropping for thousands of borrowers. Here’s what the Education Department changed, why, and how to check your own count.

The Education Department’s August 18 Dear Colleague Letter bars race in school discipline. What changes for parents — and what the headlines get wrong.

The Education Department filed its final brief to dismiss the Havens REPAYE lawsuit and corrected false $0 income data. What SAVE borrowers should expect.

Bernie Sanders’ Stop Social Security Garnishment Act would ban seizing Social Security checks to collect defaulted student loans. What the bill does.

NIL money comes with no tax withheld, a 15.3% self-employment tax bill, and a FAFSA hit two years later. Here’s how college athletes should handle it.

The Education Department now calculates Grad PLUS grandfathering by credit hours, not time enrolled — changing who keeps uncapped loans and who gets denied.

The new Parent PLUS loan caps may not hit hard at first, but they have serious implications for students trying to finish college.

We break down the potential average net worth of Gen Z by age, based on available data from the Federal Reserve, as well as other assumptions.

Charles Schwab doesn’t offer a standalone HSA. It runs the Health Savings Brokerage Account inside other custodians like Lively. See where to open one.

We break down the average net worth of millennials by age, as well as stretch goals to be in the top 1% of millennial wealth.

Thirty senators led by Alex Padilla gave the State Department 30 days to explain F, M, and J student visa delays as fall classes start. What it means.

Judge Richard Stearns dismissed the DOJ’s Title VI antisemitism lawsuit against Harvard, ruling the government failed to plead an ongoing violation.
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