Durham Public Schools holds town hall meeting on after-school programs
Durham Public School officials are getting students and parents ready for the first day of school by hosting two town hall discussions on Monday.
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This Educator Shared The Reality Of What Teachers Are Going Through Right Now, And She's Not Surprised There's A National Teacher Shortage
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School custodian gave girl ‘birthday spankings’ in bathroom, Michigan lawsuit says
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Giving student-loan borrowers behind on payments a chance to return to good standing is 'literally the definition of insanity,' a top Republican lawmaker says
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Polk schools superintendent defends library book policy as activist threatens to file police reports
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A group of student-loan borrowers over age 50 are going on strike if Biden restarts debt payments in 2 weeks: 'I simply cannot pay off my student loans'
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Book Ban Backfire: Texas School District Forced to Pull the Bible
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Teachers’ salaries have increased just $29 since 1996: report
Story at a glance The Economic Policy Institute published a new report on the history of teachers’ wages in the U.S. The average weekly wages of public school teachers, adjusted for inflation, increased just $29 from 1996 to 2021 — from $1,319 up to $1,348. By 2021, teachers’ average weekly wages were nearly 33 percent…
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What should you do if Biden doesn’t extend the student loan payment pause?
Announced at the start of the pandemic in March 2020, the payment pause has been extended and even expanded several times, including four extensions ordered by Biden himself. As of mid-August, speculation was rampant that Biden would grant another extension, but the Department of Education wasn’t making any promises, other than telling The New York Times that the department’s “review of broad-based debt cancellation remains ongoing and no decisions have been made.” In the meantime, student loan debtors are advised to prepare for resuming their monthly loan payments.