Collin Binkley

Coming soon: Ed reporters talk about the challenges and successes they've had covering education during April. @thegrade7706/videos" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">youtube.com/@thegrade7706/… Clockwise from the top left: The Hill's @Lexi_Lonas, ProPublica's @jsmithrichards, The Grade's @alexanderrusso, and AP's @cbinkley.

As Biden's term ends, his administration is withdrawing pending regulations to prevent Trump from rewriting them for his own purposes. Today officials will jettison two proposals from Biden's student debt forgiveness plan. Here's the story w/ @cbinkley apnews.com/article/studen…

Americans are split on Biden's student loan work, even those with debt, new AP-NORC poll finds apnews.com/article/studen…

Congrats to @biancavtoness @sharonlurye & the whole @AP Ed. Reporting Network for the @PulitzerPrizes honor today. When Bianca joined AP, she told me: "I want to find missing kids." The team's work turned the nat'l conversation back to this crucial issue pulitzer.org/finalists/bian…

The last thing between Ashnaelle Bijoux and her college dream is the FAFSA. It's supposed to help her go to college, but it's blocking her instead. She's among many still unable to get it completed after the government's botched rollout apnews.com/article/fafsa-…

Pro-Palestinian student protests target colleges' financial ties with Israel apnews.com/article/colleg…

Columbia University’s president rebuts claims she has allowed school to become a hotbed of hatred apnews.com/article/columb…

A group of Republican-led states, including Kansas, is suing the Biden administration to block a new student loan repayment plan that provides a faster path to cancellation and lower monthly payments for millions of borrowers. #ksleg apnews.com/article/studen…

What happens when the college essay becomes the only place where race can be considered in admissions? For students of color, it’s become a difficult set of trade offs in how to be true to themselves from me, @cbinkley and @noreensnasir apnews.com/article/f0c006…

As a new generation rises, tension between free speech and inclusivity on college campuses simmers (smart and in-depth take from @AP’s ⁦@cbinkley⁩) apnews.com/article/b931b0…

Some Americans will get their student loans canceled in February as Biden accelerates his new plan apnews.com/article/studen…

Great story from @anniema15 and @cbinkley on an alarming disparity: apnews.com/article/black-…

My childhood wasn't easy, but nothing like what this remarkable LA teen has endured. My latest: projects.apnews.com/features/2023/…

Largest Christian university in US faces record fine after federal probe into alleged deception (from @AP) apnews.com/article/6728cb…

An Education Department doc obtained by the @AP "details a draft of new federal rules paving the way for a second attempt at student loan relief. The proposal targets groups that are seen as especially vulnerable." apnews.com/article/studen…

President Joe Biden's second attempt at student loan cancellation is moving forward as a group of negotiators meets to debate what a new proposal might look like. apnews.com/article/studen…

"When money is available, it’s like a vampire smelling blood" Schools’ pandemic spending boosted tech companies. Did it help US students? apnews.com/article/edtech…

"Republicans see a clear double standard on college campuses. Just 9% said conservatives can speak their minds, while 58% said liberals have that freedom, according to polling." (@cbinkley @jgecker) apnews.com/article/free-s…

“In an interview with The Associated Press, Education Secretary Miguel Cardona said legacy admissions must be revisited for the sake of diversity on campuses following the recent Supreme Court ruling against affirmative action.” Via @cbinkley apnews.com/article/cardon…