Student loans in SAVE plan now accumulate interest

Education | Spectrum News 1 8/4 1:45A Sasha Strong

A note on the Department of Education website calls the Biden era SAVE repayment plan “a renewed effort to implement illegal student loan bailouts."

Millions of student loan borrowers at risk of having wages garnished

Education | Spectrum News 1 8/2 8:54A Associated Press

TransUnion predicts that by August roughly 3 million borrowers could move into default, meaning they're 270 days past due on payments.

Back 2 School festival needs help with donations after serving Helene victims

Education | Spectrum News 1 8/1 8:00A Rose Eiklor

The Watauga County Back 2 School festival is just weeks away, and organizers say they need $75,000 to have everything the kids need for this year.

Trump plans to revive Presidential Fitness Test for schoolchildren

Education | Spectrum News 1 7/31 8:09A Associated Press

Children had to run and perform situps, pullups or pushups and a sit-and-reach test, but the program changed in 2012 during the Obama administration.

Durham year-round students return to class with new fee, cellphone rules coming

Education | Spectrum News 1 7/22 7:00A Sydney McCoy

The superintendent for Durham Public Schools talked to Spectrum News 1 on the first day back for year-round students.

Harvard seeks billions in funding restored at pivotal hearing in its standoff with Trump

Education | Spectrum News 1 7/21 9:59A Associated Press

At the hearing on Monday, the university accused the government of using funding as leverage to control its academic decisions.

Nonprofit, school district react to federal education funding in limbo

Education | Spectrum News 1 7/21 2:30A Estephany Escobar

North Carolina expected to receive $165 million dollars for schools and nonprofits.

'So important': New summer program tackles health care shortages in Cleveland County

Education | Spectrum News 1 7/17 1:00A Jennifer Roberts

A new summer program is giving high school students a hands-on look at health care careers.

Head Start will be cut off for immigrants without legal status, health secretary says

Education | Spectrum News 1 7/11 3:27A Associated Press

HHS said it will reclassify those programs as federal public benefits.

Thousands of programs at stake as Department of Education holds funds

Education | Spectrum News 1 7/11 12:00A Rachel Loyd

The agency's move to withhold billions in education grants affects 10,000 after-school and summer learning programs.

After Texas floods, Sesame Street offers families resources to support kids during an emergency

Education | Spectrum News 1 7/8 6:48A Christine Sanchez

The guide includes a video tutorial teaching kids how to pack an emergency kit.

College graduates face toughest job market in more than a decade as hiring slows

Education | Spectrum News 1 6/26 7:43A Associated Press

The unemployment rate for degree holders ages 22 to 27 has reached its highest level in a dozen years, excluding the coronavirus pandemic.

California found in violation of Title IX in clash with Trump officials over transgender athletes

Education | Spectrum News 1 6/25 6:50A Associated Press

The federal Education Department proposed a resolution that would require California to bar transgender women from women’s sports.

How N.C. public media is bracing for potential federal cuts

Education | Spectrum News 1 6/19 3:19A Patrick Thomas

Proactive decision-making saved North Carolina PBS roughly $1 million in this year's budget.

Judge extends order suspending Trump's block on Harvard's incoming foreign students

Education | Spectrum News 1 6/16 9:17A Associated Press

Trump moved to block foreign students from entering the U.S. to attend Harvard earlier this month, citing concerns over national security.