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[unable to retrieve full-text content]ITS to reduce student Google Drive account storage to five gigabytes  Yale Daily News Source link

The death of Oklahoma student Nex Benedict has been ruled a suicide, according to a medical examiner’s report released Wednesday. The 16-year-old, who was transgender and used he and they pronouns, according to friends and family, died Feb. 8, a day after a fight at Owasso High School. His name has become a rallying cry among LGBTQ activists, who argue that an onslaught of legislation targeting the community has made schools less safe for queer and trans students like Nex. Nex had reportedly… Source link

The Danish data protection authority (Datatilsynet) has issued an injunction regarding student data being funneled to Google through the use of Chromebooks and Google Workspace services in the country’s schools. The matter was brought to the agency’s attention roughly four years ago by a concerned parent and activist, Jesper Graugaard, who protested how student data is sent to Google without any consideration about the potential for misuse or the impact it could have on those persons… Source link

The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to hear a challenge to President Biden’s executive order that extends student loan debt cancellation to millions of American borrowers. On Thursday, the court said it would hear arguments concerning the measure during its February 2023 session. In agreeing to take up the case, the court kept in place an injunction that, for now, prevents the White House from offering the promised debt relief. The challenge, brought by six Republican-led state attorneys… Source link

The head of the Kremlin-linked Wagner mercenary group confirmed Tuesday that a Zambian student killed while fighting for the Russian military in Ukraine had been recruited from prison by Wagner. Nathan Lemekhandi Nyirenda, 23, had been studying nuclear engineering at the Moscow Engineering Physics Institute before he was convicted on drug possession charges in 2020. He was killed on the frontlines of Ukraine on Sept. 22, the same month that videos emerged of Wagner chief Yevgeny… Source link

President Joe Biden on Friday offered an update on the launch of his administration’s student loan forgiveness efforts, announcing that in just under a week, nearly 22 million people applied online. “In less than a week, close to 22 million people have already given us the information,” Biden said during a visit to Delaware State University. “It takes less than five minutes.” The beta version of the application for up to $20,000 in loan forgiveness launched on Oct. 15 followed by the… Source link

The student loan forgiveness application officially opened on Monday at studentaid.gov/debt-relief/application, powered by the Education Department (ED). This is the only site where borrowers can sign up for student loan forgiveness. The official launch of the application portal follows a beta test that offered borrowers periodic access over the weekend. The application is available until December 31, 2023. “This is a game-changer for millions of Americans,” President Joe Biden said Monday at… Source link

Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona is uncomfortable. I’m beginning an interview with him in the Glendora (New Jersey) Elementary School library and we’re seated on plush, giant, hand-shaped kiddie chairs when Cardona—himself a former fourth-grade teacher—calls an audible. “Wait,” he says. “Let’s stop the interview and change out these seats.” Makes sense, Mr. Secretary. The chairs weren’t working. And with what he’s going through these days, the man needs all the… Source link

Student loan borrowers could soon begin applying to have up to $20,000 in loans forgiven despite uncertainty over the future of the Biden administration’s controversial debt relief plan. At least four lawsuits opposing the plan have emerged in recent weeks, though President Biden has appeared willing to put up a fight, saying recently: “Bring it on.” While experts disagree on the merits of the cases, they do agree on one thing; borrowers who apply for forgiveness first could have an advantage…. Source link

Ash, a 34-year-old accountant from Connecticut, graduated from college in 2009 year with more than $100,000 in private loans, she says. Still, she thinks of herself as relatively lucky. With the help of her husband, who didn’t have his own student loans, they managed to pay them off in March 2022, after 12 years of making sacrifices so they could afford the monthly loan payments. Even if Ash, who asked Fortune not to share her last name to protect her privacy, hadn’t completely paid off her… Source link