Arne Duncan

American schools are about to turn over a new leaf.
Student debtors might have faced a paperwork nightmare had the Massachusetts lawmaker not stepped in.
The Obama administration is under fire after canceling student loans for just 1 percent of thousands of eligible borrowers.
The Education Department will cancel over $27.8 million of federal student loans owed by more than 1,300 former students at Heald College.
The Senate is to vote on it early next week and President Barack Obama is expected to sign it.
Sen. Elizabeth Warren and others are "profoundly dissatisfied" with the Obama administration's settlement with a for-profit college chain accused of cheating students and taxpayers.
House Republicans blasted the "performance-based" office for lousy work.
Corinthian Colleges students who were duped into federal student loans face more hurdles before their debts can be canceled.
"This settlement provides zero justice for the people who have been harmed by EDMC."
Education Management Corporation won't have to admit wrongdoing, which might prevent swindled students from discharging their federal loans.