The aim must be to teach future generations of Thais how to think and, in the process, develop a greater sense of shared responsibility.

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Ismail says that 80% of their curriculum is focused on the future, not the past with a mandate to teach the next generation how to leverage technology to solve problems in the world with technology we have today.

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Together, they hope to teach 10, 000 future educators how to best serve their military-connected students across the country.

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Teach people at all levels to think strategically by keeping one eye on the future as they perform what needs to get done today.

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Or, in the case of the late Jaime Escalante, since his skill at teaching calculus proved difficult to transfer to others, in the future the Escalantes of tomorrow will teach kids around the world who will get their instruction from Apple Inc.

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As for Fuller, he does not intend to remain in the classroom long-term but says his Teach for America experience is still vital to the impact he wants to have in the future.

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In fact, 43 states report that a third or more of their schools fail to meet the functional requirements necessary to effectively teach laboratory science even though hands-on science education is vital for the jobs of the future.

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