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Feb 12 • 4 tweets • 1 min read
🧵 Setting the record straight about IES and its contracts.

IES was founded in 2002 to “fund development and rigorous testing of new approaches for improving education outcomes for all students.” $14 billion and countless contracts later, our students are no better off:

- Lowest decile students perform worse in math now than at IES' inception
- There has been no meaningful increase in average math scores from IES’ inception to pre-pandemic Image
Dec 18, 2023 • 9 tweets • 3 min read
In April 2022, ED announced a payment count adjustment to address failures in administering student loans, resulting in ~$44 billion in relief for 900,000+ borrowers so far.

And we’re not done yet.

Here’s what you need to know about the payment count adjustment based on your type of loan: [🧵1/9]blog.ed.gov/2023/12/seven-…Seven Things to Know About the Student Loan Payment Count Adjustment Between now and July 2024, ED is reviewing Direct & federally-managed FFEL loans to update borrower accounts. These account will be automatically updated. [2/9]
Aug 22, 2023 • 9 tweets • 2 min read
Today, the Biden-Harris Administration is launching the Saving on A Valuable Education (SAVE) plan – the most affordable repayment plan ever created.

Here’s how this plan will save millions of student loan borrowers money on their monthly payments:
[🧵 ⬇️] Biden-Harris Administration Launches Most Affordable Repayment Plan Ever, Transforming Income-Driven Repayment by Cutting Undergraduate Payments in Half and Preventing Unpaid Interest Accumulation The SAVE Plan will calculate monthly payment amounts based on your income and family size and will protect a larger portion of your income than previous plans.
Jun 23, 2022 • 11 tweets • 4 min read
As we mark #TitleIXAt50 today, here are six #TitleIX changes ED is proposing to ensure federally funded education programs & activities are free from ALL forms of sex discrimination: [🧵⬇️] U.S. Department of Education Title IX Proposed Regulations 1. #TitleIX protection from all forms of sex discrimination, including discrimination based on:
- Sex stereotypes
- Sex characteristics
- Pregnancy or related conditions
- Sexual orientation
- Gender identity
Nov 27, 2018 • 8 tweets • 3 min read
It took 42 years - 1965 until 2007 - for the student loan balance to grow to $500 billion.

It took only 6 years for the loan balance to double - to $1 trillion - in 2013.

Today FSA holds nearly $1.5 trillion in outstanding loans. $1.5 trillion is more than $10,000 of someone else's student loan debt for each and every American taxpayer... 145 million of them.