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

[Confounding]

Gross.

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

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 and later posted by the Department of Education, 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 eighth-grade math in Chelsea, Mass. "So, my $4,000 grant was now costing me $5,000."

 

[S.J.]

It's about time they had to start living in the real world like everybody else.

 

[Unkotare]

It's about time they had to start living in the real world like everybody else.

Who?

 

[S.J.]

It's about time they had to start living in the real world like everybody else.

Who?

Who, what?

 

[Unkotare]

It's about time they had to start living in the real world like everybody else.

Who?

Who, what?

Who is “they “?

 

[DGS49]

This sounds like a good and valuable idea.

Anyone getting screwed for imaginary problems with their credentials should have an appeal process that ensures that the "right thing" will ultimately be done.

I gather from the article that a lot of this is simply applicants not being diligent. Hope not.

 

[S.J.]

It's about time they had to start living in the real world like everybody else.

Who?

Who, what?

Who is “they “?

Who is the OP talking about?