PowerSchool data breach exposes millions of student and teacher records
Cybercriminals spare no industry, targeting sectors like health care, insurance, automotive and education. Health care has been a frequent target, with attacks like the Ascension breach last year and the CVR incident in late 2024. Now, education technology giant PowerSchool has become the latest target, with records of millions of students and teachers stolen. While […]
Biden admin announces another $4.28 billion in student loan handouts
The Biden administration announced another $4.28 billion in student loan handouts as President Biden and Vice President Harris prepare to leave the White House. The massive loan handout will give 54,900 public workers loan forgiveness. “Four years ago, the Biden-Harris Administration made a pledge to America’s teachers, service members, nurses, first responders, and other public […]
Secretary Cardona warns of ‘dark era’ if Trump eliminates education department, citing student protections
Miguel Cardona, who rose from fourth grade teacher to President Joe Biden’s education secretary, fiercely defended the federal agency that oversees the nation’s public schools and that President-elect Donald Trump wants to eliminate. A first-generation Puerto Rican from Connecticut, Cardona became the state’s first Latino commissioner of education. As he prepares to leave the U.S. […]
High school facing student uprising over ban of shirts protesting trans athletes after girls beg for safety
Martin Luther King High School in Riverside, California, is the latest battleground in the ongoing national culture war over trans athletes in girls’ sports. Students at the school have gone viral on social media in recent weeks amid an ongoing lawsuit over two girls’ cross country runners allegedly being told they can’t wear t-shirts that […]