Great news for teachers relying upon the TEACH grant! Teachers Begin To See Unfair Student Loans Disappear

"In exchange for agreeing to work in low-income schools, aspiring teachers could get federal Teacher Education Assistance for College and Higher Education (TEACH) Grants from the department to help pay their way through college. But those grants were often unfairly turned into loans that teachers had to pay back."

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"The problem at the heart of the TEACH Grant story is that small paperwork issues often triggered this catastrophic consequence. In order to qualify for a grant, aspiring teachers agreed to teach for four years in a low-income public school. But the rules also required that teachers send in a form every year to prove they were actually teaching."

Article from NPR

Submitted May 03, 2019 at 08:19AM by Asclepias_metis http://bit.ly/2Y9eSyH