Duncan Touts Perkins Loans for Struggling Middle-Class Families

Expanding the Perkins Loan program, as President Obama has proposed, will help millions of middle-class families afford college, Secretary of Education Arne Duncan said on Wednesday at the Association for Career and Technical Education’s annual conference.

The extra aid, Mr. Duncan said, would provide "an unprecedented chance for families to go on to college ... at a time when going to college has never been more important, more critical."

The secretary’s

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