U.S. Department of Education

The Government Accountability Office has released a report analyzing the nationwide teacher shortage in the US. The report lists low pay and a growing negative perception of teachers as the top reasons for dropping retention rates within the profession.

The Republican attorneys general of Missouri and Kansas joined one lawsuit against the Biden administration over its student debt relief plan. The legal cases all face the same challenge: finding a plaintiff who will be clearly harmed by debt cancellation.

The lawsuit filed by the Republican attorneys general of Nebraska, Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Arkansas and South Carolina argues Congress never approved massive student loan cancellation. It asserts that the Biden administration and the U.S. Education Department aim to misuse emergency authority.