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America’s Dwindling Number of Gifted and Talented Students0
- Education
- October 20, 2015
Have you ever felt that your child has the potential to excel, but that his school is keeping him average? This sentiment seems to have spread in the past decade, particularly since the introduction of No Child Left Behind (NCLB). In the fight to make sure struggling students were not left behind, many gifted and
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9 Brilliant Quotes from One Smart Dude0
- October 20, 2015
British philosopher Roger Scruton is the author of over 30 books, including The Soul of the World, An Intelligent Person’s Guide to Modern Culture, and The Uses of Pessimism and the Dangers of False Hope. He is also the author of a number of lines pregnant with meaning, nine of which appear below: 1. “A
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5 Dangers of TV0
- Culture
- October 20, 2015
It’s not that technology is intrinsically bad. It is that it has both positive and negative impacts, it is not neutral. We therefore should be alert to those impacts, particularly the negative. On this topic, Joost Meerloo delves into the impact of TV on the population, particularly children. Interestingly, he published his opinions back in
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Turns Out That Students Like Real Books, Not Electronic Ones0
- Education
- October 19, 2015
Increasingly, many school referenda are based on the need to buy iPads or other tech devices for students. These devices, it is implied, will diminish achievement gaps and bring learning to new heights. However, research has shown such “needs” to be misguided, particularly as “there is little solid evidence that greater computer use among students
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Parents Might Be the Biggest Obstacle to Improving Education0
- Education
- October 19, 2015
It’s commonplace today to regard teachers’ unions as the main roadblock to improving America’s education system. But perhaps the biggest obstacle to changing the education system is not the unions, but parents. According to Gallup, Americans’ confidence in the public schools has been declining for some time (in the 2015 poll, 31% of Americans expressed
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Almost 1 in 3 Americans Didn’t Read a Book Last Year0
- October 19, 2015
A relative of mine recently went on a job interview. She was surprised when the first question she was asked was, “How many books do you read a month?” The fact that she was able to answer with a fairly impressive answer may have played a role in the fact that she got the job,
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10 Reasons the U.S. is Declining0
- Economics
- October 19, 2015
Is America in decline? That’s the position of Drs. Hershey Friedman of the City University of New York and Sarah Hertz of Empire State College. In their paper – “Is the United States Still the Best Country in the World? Think Again” – the authors argue that America’s ranking in the following 10 key areas
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Study: Many Today Suffering from “Digital Amnesia”0
- October 18, 2015
In the era of smartphones, many of us can no longer recall basic facts and information. The British cybersecurity firm Kaspersky has now come up with a name for this growing trend: “digital amnesia.” A recent survey of 6,000 Europeans conducted by Kaspersky confirmed what others have suspected, namely, “a direct link between data
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Minneapolis’ Failure to Educate0
- Education
- October 17, 2015
As you can see by the statistic shared on the billboard above, which is located directly across the street from the Minneapolis Public Schools’ district headquarters, the plight of Black students in the district is absolutely unacceptable. Minneapolis has given all manner of excuses, promises, and “new” plans for years and years, yet little changes.
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