In Trump's plan, $ 1 billion from proposed federal education budget cuts would be rerouted to advance school choice. (financialwellness.org)
In its statement on the shutdown, ASCD emphasizes that although the shutdown furloughed U.S. Department of Education employees, disrupted responses to educators» technical assistance requests, and temporarily shut students out of Head Start services, those consequences pale in comparison to the damage caused by federal education budget cuts due to sequestration. (ascd.org)
The federal government entered the student loan market in 1958, providing direct loans from the U.S. Treasury through the National Defense Education Act, according to New America Foundation's Federal Education Budget Project. (gse.harvard.edu)