Is a 401(k) or 403(b) Better for a Teacher? What Is the Difference?

In general, 401(k) plans and 403(b) plans are very similar—both are defined-contribution retirement plans offered by employers to employees. The primary difference between the two is the type of emplo...

Is The High School English Teacher On The Way To Extinction?

This episode of What’s Ahead is about a mind-blowing new program called ChapGPT from an organization known as OpenAI, one of whose co-founders in 2015 was Elon Musk. The implications of ChapGPT for wr...

Keegan-Michael Key Returns As ‘Key & Peele’ Substitute Teacher In Paramount+ Ad

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA – JANUARY 18: Keegan-Michael Key attends Entertainment Weekly Pre-SAG … [+] Celebration at Chateau Marmont on January 18, 2020 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by...

Education Secretary Pushes States To Use Covid Relief Funds To Aid Teacher Shortage

Topline States struggling to hire and retain educators should turn to federal stimulus money to address a nationwide teacher shortage, Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona said Sunday, as hundreds of...

For Chef Nikhil Abuvala, Travel Is The Best Cooking Teacher

Chef Nikhil Abuvala plating dishes. Credit: Steve Mangum, STM Photography Chef Nikhil Abuvala’s love for cooking began in his grandmother’s kitchen, before he could even reach a kitchen countertop. He...

Tom DeBlass Was A School Teacher. Now He Makes $500K Teaching BJJ

Pictured: Tom DeBlass hits the pads before teaching an evening class at his Ocean County BJJ academy … [+] in Forked River, New Jersey. Brian J. Roberts Tom DeBlass earned $45,000 a year as a sp...

Uvalde Teacher Closed A Propped-Open Door Before School Shooting, State Reportedly Finds—Reversing Earlier Claims

Topline An elementary school teacher in Uvalde, Texas, who propped open an external door ahead of last week’s deadly school shooting later returned to close the door before the gunman entered through ...

Husband Of Teacher Killed Dies Of ‘Grief’ Days Later, Family Says

Topline The husband of Irma Garcia, one of the fourth-grade teachers who died in the shooting at Robb Elementary School, died just days after the attack, members of the Garcia family said Thursday. Cr...

Teacher Deon Wessel Loses a Lot of Money to Crypto Thieves

Students are working hard to raise awareness of the growing world of crypto fraud after their teacher was scammed out of $5,000. Deon Wessel was ultimately looking for ways to fund his eventual retire...

I’m a teacher, still live with my parents, and have $103K in student loan debt, which is more than 2x my salary. What are my options?

Getty Images/iStockphoto Question: “I’m a 33-year-old fourth-year teacher earning $41,098 a year before taxes with about $103,000 in student loans. I still live with my parents because I can’t afford ...