NYC reverts to pandemic-era budget policy for public schools — slammed by critics as ‘rewarding failure’
New York City public schools, which have fewer students than expected this fall, will not have their budgets cut and will revert to controversial pandemic-era policies, officials announced Wednesday. If mid-year budget adjustments had gone as planned, about half of the 1,600 schools covered by the program would have seen a total reduction of $157 […]
Last pandemic-era student loan benefit ends even as borrowers struggle to make payments
The last of the pandemic-era student loan benefits will be wiped out, cutting off four years of extra aid for borrowers, but advocates say it was never actually enough. The Biden administration's “infusion of capital” over the past year ended in early October, and borrowers will now be subject to penalties for missing payments. Advocates […]