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    The start of a new school year is a good time to think about the future of education. The New Learning Institute has a 21st Century Learning section “featur[ing] 12 videos by educators explaining what works and what does not in our …
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    I blogged last week about how futurists write stories of the future based on trends we can observe now. This helps people explore what their lives, and their organizations, might look like in these potential futures, which in turn helps …
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    The recent kerfluffle about whether museums should be included in the federal stimulus bill was a depressing reminder of the narrow stereotypes into which museums force themselves in order to protect their access to public funding. For …

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