Posted by on April 29th, 2013
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GE Takes Big Stand Against Gun Industry



General Electric Co. said they found out it was financing a small number of gun purchases in the wake of the Newtown, Connecticut, school shootings, despite deciding five years ago to avoid the practice and moved to stop future loans. The firm’s GE Capital department stopped giving client financing in 2008 ...  Read More ›
Posted by on February 1st, 2013
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East, West Coast Have Higher High School Graduatio...



The National Center of Education Statistics has shown this week a report on graduation and dropout rates in public schools. About 78 percent of high school students have graduated on time. This is the highest mean since 1974. Graduation rates in the aspects of ethnicity and race are up across the ...  Read More ›
Posted by on June 25th, 2012
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Teachers’ Union Set Up Online Lesson Plans



The American Federation of Teachers is partnering with TSL Education, the British publisher of the weekly Time Education Supplement, to make a website where teachers can share lesson plans with one another. They will name the website sharemylesson.com "We are taking the trust that people have about us and transforming it ...  Read More ›