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  • 9 Brilliant Quotes from One Smart Dude

    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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  • America’s Dwindling Number of Gifted and Talented Students

    America’s Dwindling Number of Gifted and Talented Students0

    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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  • Boomers: You Made Us

    Boomers: You Made Us0

    At a reception a bit ago, a Baby Boomer asked, “Will the Millennials be able to get their sh*t together?” If you interact with Boomers or older Americans, especially those hiring and managing Millennials, you’ll hear it a lot. There’s certainly some truth to the idiosyncrasies occasionally displayed by Millennials about wanting high-pay straight out

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  • 5 Dangers of TV

    5 Dangers of TV0

    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

    10 Reasons the U.S. is Declining0

    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

    Turns Out That Students Like Real Books, Not Electronic Ones0

    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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