More Than 6,500 Teachers Have Had Unfair Student Debts Erased

More than 6,500 current and former teachers are getting a second chance to shed millions of dollars in unfair student debts, according to new data from the U.S. Department of Education.

The educators had enrolled in the department's troubled TEACH Grant program, which provides grants to help aspiring teachers pay for college. In exchange, they agreed to teach a high-need subject for four years in a school that serves low-income families.

But a 2018 investigation by NPR revealed that strict paperwork rules and poor program management led to thousands of...