Ambitious parents are spending hundreds of thousands on consultants to help get their kids into Ivy League schools, report says

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The campus of Harvard University.

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Obama wants companies to strip degree requirements from more six-figure jobs to address the labor shortage

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Former President Barack Obama speaks during a rally for Democratic Sen. Raphael Warnock before the 2022 Georgia runoff.

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Drag queens say they tweak their performances if they notice a kid in the crowd. Republicans have cast the performances as dangerous for children.

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A group of protesters gather outside a Manhattan drag story hour hosted by state Attorney General Letitia James as counter-protesters lined the sidewalk to show their support for the event on March 19, 2023 in New York City, United States.
A group of protesters gather outside a Manhattan drag story hour hosted by state Attorney General Letitia James as counter-protesters lined the sidewalk to show their support for the event on March 19, 2023 in New

Florida drag queen says DeSantis-backed anti-LGBTQ laws are 'exactly what we were taught about in schools about how the Nazis rose to power'

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Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis.

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Students of BloomTech, formerly known as Lambda School, filed a class action lawsuit against the coding bootcamp

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Austen Allred
Austen Allred, CEO and co-founder of Bloom Institute of Technology, formerly known as Lambda School

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What Drew Hannah Fry to the Field of Mathematics?

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I'm a high school math and science teacher who uses ChatGPT, and it's made my job much easier

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Shannon Ahern teaching with a slide generated by ChatGPT.
Shannon Ahern teaching a ChatGPT-generated slide to her class.

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I left teaching after 5 years because the long hours, low pay, and constant stress were unsustainable. I finally feel like I have my life back again.

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Mahala Kuehne
Mahala Kuehne says she still experiences her favorite parts of teaching in her current job at a nonprofit, just without the stress and burnout.

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I quit my job as a teacher after 6 years to work in tech sales. I make $20,000 more, have greater flexibility in my day, and am so much happier now.

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former teacher Holly Acre
Holly Acre left teaching after six years for a job in tech sales. She says the difference in her life is "night and day."

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Universities are turning into real-estate hedge funds — and students are paying the price

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Billionaire donors have warped the university's priorities from providing an effective education to steering profit-generating ventures.

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