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"Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world." - Nelson Mandela |
Smart Phones Are Connected To Rising Teen Suicides
By Carole Hornsby Haynes, Ph.D. July 21, 2018
Between 2010 and 2015, teen suicide or attempted suicide rose more than 50 percent. The rise is connected to an increase in teen ownership of smart phones, passing 50 percent in 2012 and soaring to 73 percent in 2015.
Digital Learning Is A $60 Billion Scam
By Carole Hornsby Haynes, Ph.D. July 18, 2018
The new Gold Rush will rake in $60 billion this year. The ed-tech gold rush has attracted deep pockets like Rupert Murdoch who invested more than $1 billion into Amplify to develop educational video-games.
Why Is Digital Learning Good For Your Kids But Not For Those of Silicon Valley Execs?
By Carole Hornsby Haynes, Ph.D. July 16, 2018
Silicon Valley companies are pushing digital products into public schools as teacher replacements but executives of giants, such as Google, Apple, Yahoo, and Hewlett-Packard, reject the use of technology for their own children.
GOP Senator Cornyn Co-Sponsors Police State Bill
By Carole Hornsby Haynes, Ph.D July 6, 2018
Recently Texas U. S. Senator John Cornyn signed onto the College Transparency Act of 2017 (S.1121) that will overturn the ban on a federal student data system and establish lifelong tracking of individuals by the federal government. Proponents of the bill are licking their chops, claiming that support from the second ranking GOP Senator signals passage.
Merge Federal Departments? Better to Abolish Them
By Carole Hornsby Haynes, Ph.D. June 28, 2018 World Net Daily
President Donald Trump wants to combine the Education and Labor Departments into a single Department of Education and the Workforce. The DEW would “centralize and better coordinate Federal efforts to train the American workforce.”
Let's be clear. It is not the role of federal government to train the American workforce.
