Principal Erica Cobb at Glenwood Middle School in Findlay, Ohio, transformed herself into an Elf on the Shelf to the delight of students.

America's middle class has been shrinking for the past 50 years. While middle class Americans remain the biggest income group by number of people, the same can't be said of the aggregate income earned ...

The American middle class is still shopping, but it is shopping on a timer. Big-ticket purchases are being pushed off, carts ...

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. — In a middle school hallway in Charlottesville, Virginia, a pair of sixth grade girls sat shoulder to shoulder on a lime green settee, creating comic strips that chronicled a ...

Parents-to-be seeking a middle name for a boy won't have to look very far. Traditionally, middle names for boys used to be reserved for family names, but modern parents are trying new ideas. Both ...

What is considered middle class? It takes more money than you might think to reach this income tier, and it differs depending upon which state you live in. Pew Research Center defines middle-class or ...

How to tell which one you belong to among the various classes Investopedia contributors come from a range of backgrounds, and over 25 years there have been thousands of expert writers and editors who ...

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