Senate Democrats Want To Double TEACH Grants And End The Student Loan Penalty
Sen. Booker’s Diversify Act would double the TEACH Grant to $8,000 a year and end the penalty that turns grants into loans. What would change for teachers.

Sen. Booker’s Diversify Act would double the TEACH Grant to $8,000 a year and end the penalty that turns grants into loans. What would change for teachers.

Miss the TEACH Grant service rules and every grant becomes a Direct Unsubsidized Loan with back interest. Here’s how to keep yours a grant.

Read what 446 colleges with the biggest price hikes told the Education Department, from inflation to federal aid, plus a searchable table of every answer.

H.R. 10551 would pay public college tuition, fees, and books for children of teachers, police, and firefighters with 20 years of public service

Yes, you can start a nonprofit to qualify for PSLF, but you must be a paid, full-time W-2 employee of a real 501(c)(3). Here are the rules and costs.

Find the high-yield savings account that can help you earn the most interest on your money.

California’s 2026 CAASPP results show 49.3% of students proficient in English and 38.4% in math, with high school juniors still below 2019 math levels.

Sen. Jim Banks’s S. 5451 would limit Pell Grants to U.S. citizens, cutting off green card holders and refugees. Who loses eligibility and what’s next.

Harvard’s endowment hit $68 billion in fiscal 2026. Its new 8% endowment tax costs about $300 million a year, 14 times its undergrads’ federal aid.

The Pentagon named five distinguished military colleges in 2026. See what the designation means for cadets and the full list of 11 schools.

Take The College Investor’s education policy quiz to see whether your views on school choice, free college and student loans lean Democrat or Republican.
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