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Good Report Will Be Closed Temporarily For Site Redesign. While Closed – We Will Still Be Linking To Uplifting News On Twitter 24 Nov 2012 | 03:58 am
After 900 posts it is time for a refresh for Good Report. Thank you for following us. All of our stories will remain archived and searchable. We will relaunch soon. While closed, we will still be send...
New, fairer ways to identify and develop great teachers 8 Oct 2012 | 11:42 pm
Policy makers, parents and teachers want — and students deserve — fair, meaningful evaluations. Here are several new ways educators are exploring to evaluate teachers and help them improve. Rigorous o...
Back to church: In search of the ’98 percent’ 8 Oct 2012 | 11:36 pm
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — Pastor Dave Schmelzer talks a lot about reaching the “98 percent.” “I’m not talking about the ’99 percent’ ” says Schemelzer, a tall 50-year-old minister whose laidback charisma ref...
Archaeologists Find Possible Queen Tomb In Guatemala 6 Oct 2012 | 01:55 am
GUATEMALA CITY (AP) – The discovery of a tomb that experts believe might be that of a great Maya queen could redefine the understanding of women’s political roles during the Classic Maya period, exper...
What is eating your family budget? 4 Oct 2012 | 10:18 pm
It seems that everywhere an individual looks, they see a room of smartphone owners. In a recent article in the Wall Street Journal, they state that cellphones are eating the family budget. Cell phones...
Have You Seen This? Who’s scared of whom? 4 Oct 2012 | 10:06 pm
From all of my Boy Scout training and wilderness survival classes, never once was I taught to confront and bark at a bear. In fact, I was told to avoid bears and avoid doing anything to attract bears....
Rise of evangelicals changes Brazilian fashion 3 Oct 2012 | 04:28 am
ITABORAI, Brazil (AP) – Strolling down the main shopping drag in this working-class Rio de Janeiro suburb, it’s not the second-skin dresses in shocking pink spandex that catch the eye or even the stra...
Taylor Swift gifts school for deaf after Internet prank 3 Oct 2012 | 03:30 am
ALLSTON, Mass. — A school for the deaf has been gifted more than $50,000 after being disqualified from a contest to win a performance by Taylor Swift because Internet pranksters united to vote the sch...
‘Miracle in a Box’ to help children fighting for life 2 Oct 2012 | 04:56 am
Sometimes a miracle is something that comes packaged in a box, bringing a smile to a child’s face when the world seems to be at its most dismal. It is a small miracle, but one that may be just enough ...
Good Samaritans jump into harbor to save elderly woman 2 Oct 2012 | 04:53 am
PORTLAND, Maine — An elderly woman who drove her car into Portland, Maine’s harbor was pulled to safety by Good Samaritans on Friday. Katie Nelson of Biddeford was having lunch when she saw a car spee...
