Cory Turner
Stories
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Education
These middle school students have a warning about teens and social media
A group of Texas middle-schoolers won NPR's 4th-annual Student Podcast Challenge, and learned a lesson about fake news and the limits of "talking digitally."
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Education
The pandemic erased a decade of public preschool gains
An annual review of state-based preschool programs found big drops in enrollment and state funding in the 2020-2021 school year.
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National
Student loan borrowers will get help after an NPR report and years of complaints
The U.S. Department of Education unveils a plan to help millions of borrowers who have been hurt and held back by its troubled income-driven repayment plans.
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Politics
We found problems with a student loan program. Now, senators are calling for changes
Lawmakers are calling for an investigation two weeks after an NPR report found a student loan program designed to help low-income borrowers wasn't living up to its promise.
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Politics
The student loan pause has been extended until the end of the summer
The Biden administration extended the freeze on student loan payments yet again, this time until September, and announced a reset for borrowers in default.
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National
3 takeaways from NPR's investigation into a troubled student loan repayment program
Many of the lowest-income federal student loan borrowers have had their hopes of debt cancellation delayed or derailed as a result of mismanagement, NPR found.
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National
Exclusive: How the student loan safety net has failed low-income borrowers
Income-driven repayment plans were intended to help low-income student loan borrowers, and eventually cancel their debt. New documents paint a breathtaking picture of the program's failure.
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National
When colleges defraud students, should the government go after school executives?
For 30 years, the U.S. Department of Education has had the power to hold for-profit college executives personally liable when their schools defraud students. It simply hasn't used it.
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Education
DeVry University misled students. Now, the federal government is erasing their debt
The department says it will erase the debts of DeVry University's defrauded students. But DeVry remains open for business, and still enjoys access to millions of dollars in federal student loans.
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Education
The helpful tool, the College Scorecard, has been updated
The U.S. Department of Education has revised its College Scorecard — a trove of college-based performance data meant to help prospective students choose the best school for them.