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Teacher Next Door program and other home loans for teachers
Teachers and other school personnel may be able to use the Teacher Next Door program or other home …
Molly Grace
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New Hampshire's second largest teacher's union asks the education commissioner to resign over new discrimination law
The call comes after the state's education commissioner created a webpage to report teachers for al…
Emily Walsh
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Free daycare for teachers' kids could help fix the crisis for all parents
The US is in a childcare crisis due to cost and lack of available teachers, but Kentucky may have a…
Cork Gaines
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An ex-KGB agent says every American that Putin can imprison is 'an asset that you can trade' as Moscow detains a US ballerina
"That happened during Stalin's time, all the way through today," said Jack Barsky, a former sleeper…
Matthew Loh
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The paradox of the American West: plenty of open land, but nowhere to build new homes
Housing prices from Colorado to California are soaring. But Western states have plenty of wide-open…
Kyle Paoletta
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I'll never regret living in Europe after giving birth. I got way better maternity leave and my American friends envied me.
Maternity leave in Europe was eye opening for a working mom who didn't feel supported or get any ti…
Robin Madell
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A Colorado school board was taken over by Trump-loving conservatives. Now nearly half its high-school teachers are bailing.
Nearly half of the district's high-school teachers have said they're leaving next year, according t…
Grace Eliza Goodwin
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Report says Americans are half as likely to be on vacation now as they were in the 80s, but why?
Americans are taking less time off work, a new Washington Post analysis shows. The culprit may be l…
Insider Inc.
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National teachers union president says 'radicalized Supreme Court' delivered a 'gut punch' against abortion rights, separation of church and state
The National Education Association's president vowed to "say gay" and fight for "the right to choos…
Nicole Gaudiano
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A South Carolina 9th grader is suing her school, alleging a teacher tried to force her to say the Pledge of Allegiance
A teacher allegedly pushed Marissa Barnwell, 15, into a wall when she didn't stop walking to class …
Kenneth Niemeyer
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Student-loan borrowers should not resume payments in January after federal courts have blocked the relief, advocates say
Advocates are asking Biden to extend the student-loan payment pause again after two federal courts …
Ayelet Sheffey
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'Bidenomics' is being used to tout the country's economic progress — but Americans are still waiting for key Democratic priorities like a higher minimum wage and paid leave
The economic data from President Biden's term is stellar. But both his party and Republicans have h…
Juliana Kaplan,Ayelet Sheffey
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The White House is reportedly considering extending the student-loan payment pause again as Biden's debt relief sits in federal courts
Two federal courts have blocked Biden's student-debt cancellation plan. It makes another extension …
Ayelet Sheffey
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Government-run boarding schools were founded to 'civilize' Native Americans. Hundreds of dead children remain buried in the schoolyard graves.
Thousands of students were sent to the schools, where their languages and cultures were forbidden. …
Kelsey Vlamis,Morgan Keith
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AG Garland is directing the Justice Department to address threats against school officials and teachers so they can 'work without fear for their safety'
Officials will work with the Federal Bureau of Investigation and US Attorneys' Offices to stop thre…
Morgan Keith
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A key conservative instigator of the critical race theory controversies says he now wants to 'bait' the left into fights over Republican-led 'transparency' efforts in schools
Christopher Rufo, who sparked a CRT discussion in 2020, is promoting "curriculum transparency" as a…
Nicole Gaudiano
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Fauci calls for vaccine mandates for teachers even as the largest teachers' union speaks out against it
The second-largest teachers' union came out in support of vaccine mandates on Thursday as kids too …
Marianne Guenot
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Biden's plan for a $15 minimum wage could mean one in 5 Americans earns more. Nearly a third of Black workers would get a raise, research suggests.
Black or Latina women account for one in four people who could benefit from the minimum-wage increa…
Grace Dean
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A Colorado school district was forced to cancel classes after teachers called out sick to protest the new conservative school board
Douglas County School District said the absences had "impacted our ability to provide a safe and su…
Jake Epstein
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Student-loan payments resume in 2 months as Biden nears a decision on federal debt cancellation
Advocates are pushing Biden to cancel student debt and extend the payment pause, as the GOP slams h…