Education Policy News: March 21, 2012

• ED Program Helps Put Homeless Students on Right Track, from US Dept. of Education Homeroom blog.
• Tough Budget for Loans and Pell, from Inside Higher ED.
• States Differ in Doling Out Turnaround Funds, Study Finds, from Education Week
• Federal Student Loans Would Seem Less Profitable Under GOP Budget Plan, from The Chronicle of Higher Education
• Rep. Steve Austria: Removing bureaucratic barriers to higher education, from The Hill's Congress Blog
• Graduation Rate In U.S. High Schools Increases A Modest 3.5 Percent, from Huffington Post.
• Jill Biden: Community college key to a better future, from USA Today.