Loan-Forgiveness Programs on the Chopping Block

isu_teacher00
Wed, 27 May 2009 22:05:53 +0000

Ugh…I can’t say I’m surprised. I was able to benefit from one of these programs - teaching in a low-income school for five years allowed me to take 5K off of my undergraduate debt. There are so many reasons that these programs are valuable for teachers, nurses, etc - I see a fair number of kids who want to go into education but are a little leery of making a committment to a program that will reduce their college tuition in exchange for teaching in oftentimes difficult situations. Loan forgiveness programs allow people to make the decision to teach in desperately needed areas when they’re a little bit older and perhaps wiser. It’s a shame that these programs might not be around for our future educators.