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• Arkansas teachers top off a sweet day for Peltz' Trian hedge fund
• 7 Sobering Reasons 59 Million Kids Around the World Don’t Have Teachers
• Not all anti-bullying laws created equal
• Why are Philadelphia colleges on alert today?
• Why student debt is worsening for college graduates

Arkansas teachers top off a sweet day for Peltz' Trian hedge fund Posted: 05 Oct 2015 04:12 PM PDT Billionaire fund manager Nelson Peltz on Monday added a big new client when he took in $150 million in cash from the Arkansas Teachers Retirement System, part of a trio of welcome victories for the activist, whose portfolio has faced a bumpy ride lately. The $14.5 billion pension fund's decision to invest with Peltz' Trian Fund Management rounded off a sweet day for the 73-year old veteran investor, who also unveiled a $2.5 billion stake in General Electric and saw his investment in chemicals maker DuPont jump 5.64 percent after CEO Ellen Kullman said she was retiring. "The Trian team are like mechanics who can tell you what's wrong with your old car by hearing you drive up to the garage," said George Hopkins, executive director of the fund, which pays out $80 million in monthly benefits to 42,000 retirees.

7 Sobering Reasons 59 Million Kids Around the World Don’t Have Teachers Posted: 05 Oct 2015 02:54 PM PDT If it's Oct. 5, that means it's World Teachers' Day, the annual celebration in which folks take to social media to express their admiration and thanks for the educators in their lives. Perhaps all the stressed-out teachers who read the many messages of gratitude will remember the creative spark that made them want to enter a classroom—the same energy that got Robin Williams standing on a desk reciting the Walt Whitman poem "O Captain! My Captain!" in Dead Poets Society.

Not all anti-bullying laws created equal Posted: 05 Oct 2015 08:33 AM PDT By Lisa Rapaport (Reuters Health) - - Anti-bullying policies in most U.S. states aim to protect kids against abuse from their peers in school and online, but their effectiveness varies widely depending on where students live, a study suggests. In states where the laws followed at least one U.S. Department of Education (DoE) recommendation for anti-bullying policies, teens were 24 percent less likely to report bullying and 20 percent less likely to report cyber-bullying, the study found. The DoE recommends, for example, that laws include explicit descriptions of prohibited behaviors and spell out clear reporting practices and specific consequences.

Why are Philadelphia colleges on alert today? Posted: 05 Oct 2015 06:32 AM PDT "Out of an abundance of caution, the FBI Philadelphia Field Office notified local colleges and universities of a social media posting which threatened violence at a Philadelphia-area college or university for Monday, October 5," the agency said in a statement. Recommended: Gun laws: How much do you know?

Why student debt is worsening for college graduates Posted: 05 Oct 2015 03:33 AM PDT America's $1.2 trillion in student debt is having consequences in far-reaching ways. College dropouts and students who borrowed to attend for-profit colleges are at risk of default. Many Generation X parents ...

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