Alison is a senior news reporter covering US politics and legal news. Democrats and student loan borrowers have raised concerns about reports suggesting billionaire Elon Musk and his Department of ...

A federal court has ruled that the Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE — the office headed by Elon Musk — cannot be denied access to student data held by the Department of Education, or ED, ...

WASHINGTON, DC - FEBRUARY 11: Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk, joined by his son X Musk, stands next to U.S. President Donald Trump as he speaks during an executive order signing in the Oval Office at ...

Just last month, Lorena Tule-Romain was encouraging families with mixed citizenship statuses to fill out the Free Application for Federal Student Aid. She and her staff at ImmSchools, a nonprofit ...

Senator says Americans should know "who's digging through their personal data." Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., is requesting the Department of Education's Office of Inspector General review the ...

In the year 2025, no one should have to be convinced that protecting data privacy matters. For education institutions, it’s really that simple of a priority–and that complicated. Despite the passage ...

A majority of college students say they’re unaware of all the services provided to them by their college or university, and a lack of awareness is tied to stopping out of college, according to ...

Many school district technology leaders are struggling to establish fundamental student data privacy practices, partly due to a lack of support from the rest of the district, concludes a new report ...