SAN FRANCISCO — In California, a high school teacher complains that students watch Netflix on their phones during class. In Maryland, a chemistry teacher says students use gambling apps to place bets during the school day. Around the country, educators say students routinely send Snapchat ...
LANSING — After the COVID-19 pandemic forced employers to shift to a virtual recruitment strategy, there’s now a shift back to the on-campus hunt at Michigan universities for new employees . The National Association of Colleges and Employers reported more than 91% of 204 employers ...
By DANIEL SCHOENHERR Special to the Journal LANSING — Lake Erie is the first of the Great Lakes getting connected to the internet with a series of offshore “smart” buoys. And it’s not just for sending texts on the water. The buoy project, called the Smart Lake Erie Watershed ...
NEW YORK — For Americans who lacked savings prior to the pandemic, financial stress is rising. A combination of inflation, increased interest rates, and the end of pandemic-tied relief, such as the moratorium on student loan payments, has led to record credit card debt, experts say. In the ...
LANSING — School districts are using a mix of state-funded programs and their own innovative incentives to recruit and retain teachers. Funding for such initiatives, which include financial support for young educators through loan repayment programs and paid student teaching ...
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — With four young children and a fifth on the way, Kristina Stadelman was ecstatic after qualifying for a $50,000 bonus for taking a hard-to-fill job as a special education teacher in Oklahoma. She used the money to finish home improvements and buy a new car for her growing family. Then a letter arrived from the Oklahoma State Department of Education: It told her she received the money in error and must repay it, quickly. “I don’t obviously have the money to pay it back by the end of February,” Stadelman said. “I came home the day I found out and just ...
