NPR

This teacher shortage solution has gone viral. But does it work?

School custodian Jenna Gros is teaching a group of fourth-graders how to convert fractions to decimals. "How would you write 6/100 in decimal form?" she asks, and then waits patiently for them to come ...
TheWrap

Tina Perry, President of Oprah’s OWN, on Why Unscripted TV Matters Now More Than Ever

ina Perry of the Oprah Winfrey Network (OWN), (Christopher Smith for TheWrap/Getty Images) During Tina Perry’s tw0-decade journey at Oprah Winfrey’s OWN Network, she’s helped flesh out OWN’s diverse ...
Education Week

What Does It Mean to ‘Grow Your Own’ Teachers? It Depends

A growing number of states and districts have committed to filling shortage areas and bolstering the teacher pipeline by investing in local sources of talent. But what exactly do those so-called “grow ...
NPR

China owns 380,000 acres of land in the U.S. Here's where

In 2021, a Chinese company bought land near an Air Force base in Grand Forks, N.D., sending lawmakers into a frenzy. Lawmakers feared that China, which many policymakers view as a strategic adversary ...
Business Insider

Private equity sold them a dream of home ownership. They got evicted instead.

Erica Hines-Denson had no idea how bad the odds against her were. Student loans and a recent divorce had dinged her credit score. But she and her new husband, Elquinton Denson, were building a blended ...