The Horizon Forum is a focused discussion on the future of PK-12 education in Minnesota, sponsored by the Office of Continuing Professional Studies in the College of Education and Human Development at the University of Minnesota.
Post and view comments and discussion here
Report from the third meeting (December 12, 2006)
Report and presentations from the second meeting (October 27, 2006)
Resources from inaugural meeting (April 26, 2006)
- PowerPoint Slides from the discussion
- Wall Street Journal on Kent initiative: Legalized ‘cheating’
- StarTribune editorial: Competing with the world
- Building a “leapfrog” university – a call for leapfrogging at the University of Minnesota
Links
- College of Education and Human Development, University of Minnesota
- Kent School District Technology Academy, Kent, WA
- KurzweilAI.net
Selected bibliography
- Allee, V. (2003). The future of knowledge: Increasing prosperity through value networks. Amsterdam; Boston: Butterworth-Heinemann.
[summary] [purchase] - Hakken, D. (2003). The knowledge landscapes of cyberspace. New York: Routledge.
[purchase] - Kurzweil, R. (2005). The Singularity is near: When humans transcend biology. New York: Viking.
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