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5 Dangers of TV 0
- 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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10 Reasons the U.S. is Declining 0
- 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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Turns Out That Students Like Real Books, Not Electronic Ones 0
- 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 Education 0
- 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 Year 0
- 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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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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