The Fed needs to stop raising rates now, former FDIC chair says after Silicon Valley Bank failure
Sheila Bair, a top banking regulator during the 2008 financial…
Education
Draft state budget would boost salaries, school spending
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico's state government is likely to deliver a jolt of one-time spending amid the pandemic while boosting sustained funding for health care and public education under a newly drafted budget bill.
New mass vaccination sites opening; high school sports begin
BOSTON (AP) — Two more coronavirus mass vaccination sites are opening in Massachusetts this week, including one Monday at a now-closed Sears store at the Natick Mall.
CDC study: Teachers key to COVID-19 infections in 1 district
ATLANTA (AP) — A new study finds that teachers may be more important drivers of COVID-19 transmission in schools than students.
Philanthropists pledge $20M gift to HBCU in Maryland
Philanthropist Calvin Tyler Jr., and his wife, Tina, pledged $20 million Monday to his alma mater Morgan State University, which the university said is the largest gift to any HBCU ever made by one of its former students.
Germany reopens some schools amid fears pandemic may rebound
BERLIN (AP) — Elementary students in more than half of Germany’s 16 states returned to school Monday after more than two months at home, the first major relaxation of the country's pandemic measures since before Christmas.
If a stranger offers you student loan forgiveness, hang up
Student loan scammers have a brand-new hook: “Biden student loan forgiveness” or “stimulus forgiveness.”
Colleges to house new center that trains Black entrepreneurs
CHICAGO (AP) — A new center for training Black entrepreneurs will be opening in Atlanta as part of a collaboration announced Monday between Spelman College, Morehouse College and an advocacy organization made up of business leaders.
Netflix doc to examine man behind college admissions scandal
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A Netflix documentary will use actor recreations of FBI wiretaps to tell the story of Rick Singer, the man at the center of the college admissions scandal that sent actors Felicity Huffman, Lori Loughlin and and several other prominent parents to prison.
National Spelling Bee to return in mostly virtual format
The Scripps National Spelling Bee will return this year in a mostly virtual format, with the in-person competition limited to a dozen finalists who will gather on an ESPN campus at Walt Disney World in Florida, Scripps announced Monday.
