Dept. Of Education Fail: Teachers Lose Grants, Forced To Repay Thousands In Loans

[steve from amherst]

America needs teachers committed to working with children who have the fewest advantages in life. So for a decade the federal government has offered grants — worth up to $4,000 a year — to standout college students who agree to teach subjects like math or science at lower-income schools.

But a new government study obtained by NPR suggests that thousands of teachers had their grants taken away and converted to loans, sometimes for minor errors in paperwork. That's despite the fact they were meeting the program's teaching requirements.

"Without any notice, [my grant] was suddenly a loan, and interest was already accruing on it," says Maggie Webb, who teaches eighthgrade math in Chelsea, Mass. "So, my $4,000 grant was now costing me $5,000."

Since 2008, the Education Department has offered these so-called TEACH grants to people studying to get a college or master's degree. The deal is, they get to keep the grant money if they spend four years teaching a high-need subject like math or science in schools that serve low-income families.

If they don't keep their end of the bargain, the grants convert to loans that need to be paid back. But, the study finds, many teachers believe they kept their end of the bargain but are now being asked to repay that money anyway.

[racer254]

Here's the failure:

 

[Angry ginger]

2 hours ago, racer254 said:

Here's the failure:

 

that looks more like a win for the kid

[steve from amherst]

2 minutes ago, Angry ginger said:

that looks more like a win for the kid

If the fool kept his mouth shut he could still probably be hitting it.

[Anler]

5 minutes ago, steve from amherst said:

If the fool kept his mouth shut he could still probably be hitting it.

Kids are fucking stupid, finally got what we've all been dreaming about and they fuck it up!