Schools Are Looking in Unusual Places to Deal With Teacher Shortage
In Maine, state employees are pitching summer-camp counselors on the benefits of being a teacher. In Texas, school districts are...
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Black and Hispanic Employees Often Get Stuck at the Lowest Rung of the Workplace
For all of the effort companies have poured into hiring and advancing people of color, those moves rarely benefit the...
Student Loan Servicers Told to Hold Off on Sending Billing Statements
WASHINGTON—The federal government’s student loan servicing contractors have been instructed to hold off on sending billing statements ahead of an...
WSJ News Exclusive | Biden Decision on Student-Loan Forgiveness Unlikely Until Later in Summer, Officials Say
WASHINGTON—President Biden is likely to decide later this summer whether to partially forgive student-loan debt for millions of borrowers, according...
Elon Musk Eyes Satellite Deal in Brazilian Amazon
SÃO PAULO—Elon Musk, the world’s richest person, flew to Brazil on Friday to announce a plan to connect thousands of...
WSJ News Exclusive | Blackstone Bets on Campus Housing With $13 Billion Acquisition
Blackstone Inc. agreed to buy student-housing owner American Campus Communities Inc. in a deal valuing the company at about $12.8...
Biden Extends Pause on Federal Student-Loan Payments Through August
WASHINGTON—President Biden on Wednesday extended through Aug. 31 the pause on payments of federal student loans, setting up a politically...
Student-Loan Freeze Saves Borrowers Nearly $200 Billion as Biden Considers Extension
Around 37 million federal student-loan borrowers were spared $195 billion in loan payments since the government froze their payments at...
Disney Chief Bob Chapek Takes Stand on Florida’s Parental Rights in Education Bill
Walt Disney Co. DIS 1.44% Chief Executive Bob Chapek reversed course on his policy of staying out of politics and...
Harvard Wants M.B.A.s to Learn How to Be Happy at Work
A hot course at Harvard Business School promises to teach future leaders an elusive skill—managing happiness. One of the toughest...
Boston Fed Picks University of Michigan Provost Susan M. Collins as President
The Federal Reserve Bank of Boston selected University of Michigan Provost Susan M. Collins as its next president, filling a...
Teachers Are Quitting, and Companies Are Hot to Hire Them
Burned out teachers are leaving the classroom for jobs in the private sector, where talent-hungry companies are hiring them—and often...
Biden Taps Economists Lisa Cook, Philip Jefferson for Fed Seats
President Biden will seek to fill two seats on the Federal Reserve’s Board of Governors with academic economists Lisa Cook...
The Elizabeth Holmes Trial: Theranos Founder Takes the Stand
SAN JOSE, Calif.—Elizabeth Holmes took the witness stand Friday afternoon to defend herself against criminal-fraud charges tied to the failure...
WSJ News Exclusive | Roblox, Building Out the Metaverse, Looks to Bring Educational Videogames to Schools
Roblox Corp. plans to help bring educational videogames to classrooms world-wide, part of its strategy to expand its mostly teen...
Help Really Wanted: No Degree, Work Experience or Background Checks
U.S. companies are downsizing the hiring process. Beauty product retailer The Body Shop is dropping educational requirements and background checks...
Democrats Drop Paid Leave From $1.75 Trillion Proposal
WASHINGTON—Democrats abandoned plans to include a paid-leave program in their healthcare, education and climate-change bill, according to people familiar with...
How to Get the Kids to School Is the Latest Pandemic Headache
Figuring out how to get kids to and from school has always been a hassle, but with the return of...
24-year-old suspect charged with stabbing 3 people during gender studies class at Canada’s University of Waterloo in ‘hate-motivated’ attack, police say | CNN
CNN — A 24-year-old student has been charged with stabbing three people during a gender studies class at the University...
