Education

A new law doesn’t require schools to offer whole milk, it just gives them the option. Whether or not schools will make the switch now could depend on if they can afford to. 

From finance to consulting, automation is reshaping entry-level roles. Wendy Carlin explains how students and schools might adapt.

This week’s winter storm means working parents tried to do their day jobs with kids in the mix.

A growing number of states require high schools to teach the basics of free-market capitalism in their financial literacy courses. Here’s how teachers and students are tackling the subject.

People are flocking to certificate courses that prepare them for particular jobs.

Two year-olds in “high-need” areas will be the first to benefit from free child care that older preschoolers already receive.

Wage garnishment will begin just as enhanced subsidies for ACA health insurance expire.

Tim Walsh, toy designer with The Playmakers and author of “Timeless Toys,” talks about the origins of Play-Doh.

For his fall section of Econ 313, North Carolina A&T professor Scott Simkins had students mix macroeconomics and generative AI through song.

Economic uncertainty and the specter of artificial intelligence have the next generation rolling up their sleeves in pursuit of a more stable job.