Cory Turner
Stories
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Morning Edition
The U.S. will forgive $5.8 billion of loans to Corinthian Colleges students
The U.S. Department of Education has announced it will automatically erase the remaining student loan debts of more than half a million borrowers who attended the now-defunct Corinthian Colleges.
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All Things Considered
What schools can (and can't) do to prevent school shootings
After several high-profile school shootings in recent years, school safety experts have coalesced around a handful of important measures that communities and politicians can take to protect students.
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All Things Considered
The shooting in Uvalde conjures memories of Sandy Hook school shooting
On Tuesday afternoon, a gunman walked into an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas, and killed 15 people. At a press conference, Gov. Greg Abbot said the suspected shooter is dead.
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Morning Edition
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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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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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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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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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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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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Morning Edition
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.