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Trains and College Part II
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The university and college of the 21st century will not be a "campus," it will be part of a system. One, no college and even university campus will be able to be all-things-to-all-students. Our world is too complex. Our knowledge too specialized. The investment in disciplines too high. Many state... Continue reading
Posted Feb 15, 2021 at LERN Forecasts
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Trains and Schools Part I
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Kentaro, from Tokyo, came to live with us while completing high school in the U.S. as part of the student exchange AFS program. One day I asked him, How old were you when you first rode on a train? He said, Six. I said, no, no, you misunderstood me. I... Continue reading
Posted Feb 14, 2021 at LERN Forecasts
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Mayor Pete Doesn't Mention Trains
I hope I am wrong with my last post, but last night Mayor Pete, now Transportation Secretary, was on national TV news regarding infrastructure spending, talking roads, highways, and never mentioning trains. Continue reading
Posted Feb 9, 2021 at LERN Forecasts
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Awful Infrastructure Legislation Coming Soon
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Coming up: bi-partisan passage of awful infrastructure legislation that will continue America's downward slide in the world. Congress is chomping-at-the-bit to pass legislation that will set the country BACK even further behind other advanced nations in the contest for economic prosperity in the 21st century. The reason is that the... Continue reading
Posted Jan 25, 2021 at LERN Forecasts
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What The Far Radical Right Gets, well, Right
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Sympathy for the misled young men who stormed the Capitol. Here's why. They suffer for, and inherently understand, the economic problem today: few good jobs for high school grads like themselves; gender discrimination by schools and colleges against those young men who are smart enough to attend and graduate from... Continue reading
Posted Jan 18, 2021 at LERN Forecasts
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Internet For All - - But When?
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Will the Internet come to rural areas? Yes. When? In the next 20 years. It's now essential for everyone to learn, and keep learning. It's the Internet. The LERN Forecast: in the U.S., and probably other advanced countries, the federal government will fund good Internet service to rural areas of... Continue reading
Posted Jan 5, 2021 at LERN Forecasts
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About LERN Forecasts
Welcome! Learning, teaching and education institutions- - including yours- - are going through an entire transformation between now and 2030. Just like we did 100 years ago. LERN Futurists Julie Coates and William A. Draves accurately predicted the major shifts in society between 2000 and 2020 century. Now they forecast... Continue reading
Posted Jan 4, 2021 at LERN Forecasts
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Why Boys in River Falls Get Worse Grades Than Girls
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FREE online presentation Tuesday, April 28 at 1 pm. 30 minute online presentation. You only need a computer with audio. Don't worry, no webcams for participants. with Julie Coates and William A. Draves of River Falls. "Why Boys in River Falls Get Worse Grades Than Girls" For parents and grandparents... Continue reading
Posted Apr 20, 2020 at ParentsOfBoys
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Recent Tips
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BoysAtHome/ REWARD NEVER PUNISH. Instead of punishing your boy for not complying with your wishes, reward him instead. It works. You know the rewards that work with your boy. Whatever the incentive, make the reward something Additional. Don’t take something away, that’s called punishment. For middle and high schoolers, consider... Continue reading
Posted Apr 20, 2020 at ParentsOfBoys
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Posted Dec 13, 2019 at Nine Shift
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The Grand Finale: Thank You!
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Posted Dec 13, 2019 at Nine Shift
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FREE 'Game Over' Button
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Some 400 people attended the final NineShift presentation November 21, 2019, at Paradise Point Resort in San Diego. To mark the celebration, we made 'Game Over' buttons to mark the first full year of the Knowledge Society, which began Jan... Continue reading
Posted Dec 13, 2019 at Nine Shift
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The NineShift Story Has Ended
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Thank you all so much for your support of NineShift over the past 20 years! The NineShift story, which predicted and then documented the transformation of society from the Industrial Age of 2000 into the Knowledge Society of 2020, has... Continue reading
Posted Dec 13, 2019 at Nine Shift
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#1 Telecommuting Keeps Growing
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The numbers on people and companies and hours spent working from home all keep growing. There’s no sign telecommuting will stop or even plateau. This is the silent revolution driving the changes in work, life and education in society right... Continue reading
Posted Oct 31, 2019 at Nine Shift
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#2 Virtual Office Tools Everywhere
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You probably don’t realize just how many ‘virtual office’ tools you use. Dispersed workers are just about in every large organization these days. They communicate and work together with others from a distance using online tools and software that just... Continue reading
Posted Oct 31, 2019 at Nine Shift
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#3 Organizational Structures Have Changed
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The Org Chart is dead. Leaders are now befuddled about being inbetween the organizational pyramid of the last century and the organizational network of this century. Organizational structures have been flattened, dispersed, contracted out. The org chart is dead. What... Continue reading
Posted Oct 31, 2019 at Nine Shift
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Last NineShift Presentation Streamed Live! Thurs Nov 21
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REMEMBER, the last NineShift presentation, the Grand Finale, will be streamed online Live! and Free from Paradise Point Resort in San Diego on Thursday, November 21. No registration needed. Just go to www.lern.org to view it. Noon ET; 11 am... Continue reading
Posted Oct 31, 2019 at Nine Shift
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#1 September 2019 NineShift Story: What’s Odd About This Picture?
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What would many, if not most, Americans feel is odd about this picture in downtown Copenhagen, Denmark? The photo appeared this month in a major American newspaper. While all advanced countries are experiencing the same inevitable transformations in technology and... Continue reading
Posted Sep 26, 2019 at Nine Shift
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#2 Vote: Is America in Decline?
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Is the U.S. in decline? We want your opinion. And any comments about why, or how. At the start of every new economic age, every country basically starts all over in a “new game” of economic prosperity. Exactly 100 years... Continue reading
Posted Sep 26, 2019 at Nine Shift
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#3 Kremlin Steps Up Election Interference
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The Kremlin stepped up its 2020 election interference in September. You might not have noticed the heightened interference this month. But we did. That's because NineShift is headquartered in Wisconsin, a swing state in the 2020 election. We and many... Continue reading
Posted Sep 26, 2019 at Nine Shift
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#4 Get your child in Harvard in just 14 days!
That's all the famous star Felicity Huffman is spending in jail for bribing and cheating to get her child into college. She was sentenced this month. We can skeptical say that parents have always bought college for their kids, but... Continue reading
Posted Sep 25, 2019 at Nine Shift
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#5 Automaker Finally Wakes Up
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The world’s second largest automaker, Volkswagen, finally woke up to the 21st Century. In an announcement made this month, we finally get a decent response to transportation in the 21st century from a car company. The company has said it... Continue reading
Posted Sep 25, 2019 at Nine Shift
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#3 August story. Pause and listen to "Woodstock" again
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You are not too busy for 3 minutes to listen to the song, reflect and reinforce that sense of awe, and mission, that is our profession of lifelong learning. The 50th anniversary of Woodstock this month was not about music,... Continue reading
Posted Aug 29, 2019 at Nine Shift
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#2 August story. 2.7 Million Smart Boys Missing From College This Month
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As millions of college students came on campus again this month, some 2.7 million smart, really smart, boys were missing. The Department of Education will tell you that, but they won’t give you a reason. Schools and colleges won’t provide... Continue reading
Posted Aug 29, 2019 at Nine Shift
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#1 August story. Why You Hate Your Kids
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Generational conflict dominated the news in August. This month prominent politicians around the world verbally attacked and even threatened the life of this 16 year old girl. And it raises the question: why do older people hate young people right... Continue reading
Posted Aug 29, 2019 at Nine Shift
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