Washington View: Is forgive and forget the best policy?. (May 2022)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Ferguson, Maria
• Is Part Of: Phi Delta Kappan. Volume 103:Number 8(2022)
• Page Start: 62
• Page End: 63
• Publication Date: 2022-05
• Subjects: student loan -- debt forgiveness -- Joe Biden -- politics -- policy -- higher education; Education -- United States -- Periodicals; Greek letter societies -- Periodicals; Onderwijs; Éducation -- Périodiques; Associations désignées par des lettres grecques -- Périodiques; Éducation; Enseignement; Pédagogie; Politique éducative; Recherche en éducation; Réforme du système éducatif; Services aux élèves; Système éducatif; États-Unis; Étude comparée (Descripteur de forme); Périodique électronique (Descripteur de forme); Ressource Internet (Descripteur de forme); 371.0097305
• DOI: 10.1177/00317217221100015
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0031-7217

Abstract

In its first year, the Biden administration played it safe with public education, giving schools the funding they needed to cope with the pandemic and requiring little federal oversight. But in March 2022, the administration began responding to pressure to do something about the huge amount of student loan debt Americans are carrying. Maria Ferguson discusses the ensuing debate about whether cancelling student loan debt is the most fiscally responsible way to assist Americans in need .