
NEA is working to ensure education is affordable and accessible to all
Higher education must be affordable and accessible to all. Yet, for too many, pursuing our college and career dreams means years, even decades of paying off student debt. This is especially true for educators. This system is working for the student loan providers and banks, but not for us.
NEA is fighting to cancel student debt, and to expand and protect programs that can help. At the same time, we're also making sure those programs actually work.
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Young or old, Black or white, educators of all ages and races are burdened with student loan debt. WITH THIS CRISIS, HOWEVER, COMES THE OPPORTUNITY TO CREATE A BETTER, MORE JUST SYSTEM.
We recently had a major victory: After more than 168,000 educators raised their voices, the Department of Education finally announced a major overhaul to the failing PSLF program.
This is the beginning of change, not the end. Implementing these reforms will take time, and we are committed to working with the Department of Education to make them work. We are also steadfastly determined to make sure every educator receives the student debt relief they were promised.
10 years of public service equals no student debt. Congress made that promise to educators in 2007. And we will not stop until that promise is kept to everyone.
Learn More
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Meet The Educators Whose Student Debt Has Been Forgiven
You Did This! Fixing Public Service Loan Forgiveness
Retired Teachers Still Struggling with Student Debt
How Black Student Debt Affects the Teacher Pipeline
NEA leads fight to fix public service loan forgiveness
Slaying the Student Debt Monster
