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The Rich Who Laid the Golden Eggs

The Goose that Laid the Golden Egg, a fable by Aesop, provides a moral lesson about greed. A couple owned a goose that laid a golden egg every day. Assuming there must be a big lump of gold inside the goose, the couple killed it. But they found no gold. By trying to get all [...]

America’s Shanghai Surprise

American students are lagging significantly behind their peers from several countries in Europe and Asia according to new results from a key international assessment. They are the furthest behind students from the Chinese city of Shanghai, who received the top international test scores in math, science, and reading.

“We have to see this as a wake-up [...]

The Chinese Ant and the American Grasshopper

The Ant and the Grasshopper, a fable by Aesop, provides a moral lesson about hard work and saving. During the warm months, the ant worked hard to store up food for the winter while the grasshopper sang and played. When winter arrived, the grasshopper asked the ant for food because it had none. In today’s [...]