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    Student Loan Defaults On The Rise; Texas Special Education; And Other Education News

    Plus, DACA students living in limbo as proposals fly in Washington and new concerns about school funding inequality.
    by Anya Kamenetz Jan 13, 2018 3 minutes
    Activists rally for the passage of a "clean" Dream Act, one without additional security or enforcement measures, outside the New York office of Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., in New York City.

    Hello! Money is on our minds in this mid-January edition of the Weekly Roundup.

    Student loan default is a "crisis," report says

    Almost 40 percent of students who entered college in the fall of 2003 may default on their student loans by 2023. That's the conclusion of the Brookings Institution, 20 years of federal data for two groups of student borrowers. Previously published data from the Department of Education looked at default rates just 3 to 5 years after borrowing. The new, long-term analysis found that

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