Bill Gates and the Common Core failure
In this year’s version of their annual letter to supporters of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, the billionaire couple admitted...
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Curt Mercadante
- Jun 19, 2020
- 2 min
Is America losing its free thinkers?
“We are a nation of dunces taking over every area of government and every area of leadership and the media and dumbed down is not a nice...
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Curt Mercadante
- Jun 8, 2020
- 1 min
The disconnect between the U.S. school system and entrepreneurship
Is the U.S. school system conducive to creating an entrepreneurial ecosystem? "Tell me someone that has ever come out of a four-year...
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Curt Mercadante
- Jun 4, 2020
- 3 min
CENSORSHIP: LBRY founder questions YouTube bans and Twitter “truth”
Censorship by social media companies has become a hot topic in recent months, with YouTube’s removal of “alternative” information on the...
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Curt Mercadante
- May 26, 2020
- 3 min
DeAngelis: Kids are much more than standardized test scores
Some think it’s standardized test scores; others think it’s high school graduation rates. Some think it’s college acceptance; others...
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Curt Mercadante
- May 19, 2020
- 3 min
How much worse has the COVID-19 response made America’s debt crisis?
“The federal government is throwing the biggest party in history, and it will stick your children and grandchildren with the biggest bar...
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Curt Mercadante
- May 15, 2020
- 3 min
Do teachers' unions actually serve the best interests of teachers?
Teachers' unions in America claim to serve the best interests of teachers, but does their track record support that claim? “The teachers'...
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Curt Mercadante
- May 9, 2020
- 4 min
Author, sociologist Furedi: Show some courage during pandemic
“COVID-19 is a disaster for humanity, but it need not break the human spirit. History shows that a disaster like COVID-19 is also a test...
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Curt Mercadante
- Apr 10, 2020
- 3 min
Humility the key to critical thinking
Critical thinking, especially in times of crisis, takes a healthy dose of humility, according to Antony Davies and James R. Harrigan,...
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Curt Mercadante
- Apr 1, 2020
- 3 min
Concerns about forced human organ harvesting mount as China touts COVID-19 lung transplants
The announcement that doctors in China have successfully performed the first lung transplant on a patient previously diagnosed with...
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Curt Mercadante
- Mar 28, 2020
- 2 min
Bond: Use COVID Crisis as Opportunity to Find Your Purpose
Walter Bond, hall of fame keynote speaker, bestselling author, and former NBA player, said the coronavirus economic turbulence provides a...
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Curt Mercadante
- Mar 18, 2020
- 2 min
Did the Chinese government create COVID-19?
"It's as easy to say the numbers coming out of China are true as it is to say that coronavirus was made in a laboratory, because the...
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Curt Mercadante
- Mar 17, 2020
- 2 min
Foundation offers free digital curriculum in wake of coronavirus school closures
The STARTedUP Foundation, an Indianapolis, Indiana-based educational innovation foundation, announced this week that it's making...
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Curt Mercadante
- Feb 23, 2020
- 1 min
America's entitlement mentality
"We've really devolved into a very strong entitlement mentality in this country and a lot of other democracies around the world." Has...
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Curt Mercadante
- Feb 12, 2020
- 2 min
Why we resort to tribalism
Why do we resort to tribalism in politics, religion, and our views about wealth and prosperity? "When somebody (a tribe) comes along and...
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