The "Age of Intelligence" has begun

Futurists predict that The "Information Age" is ending: The "Age of Intelligence" has begun: Therefore it is what we will do with this vast quantity of information that will be our greatest challenge (Information management). It should transform every aspect of the academic life of the student: From finding scholarships to searching for the most complex research material.

We are, reshaping the classroom learning environment: The "Classroom of the Future " will promote problem solving and critical thinking, information retrieval, Math Science and Technology (MST) integration and interpersonal exchanges with experts and other students around the world.

In conclusion, Americans are spending inordiante amounts of time and money on the many great social problems that have befallen us: the crime rate, illicit drugs, etc. I feel strongly that it is a far greater investment to have young children kept so busy in these educational pursuits to minimize their idle time and short circuit this tragic trend in our youth. It presently costs approximately $60,000 to house a prisoner in our "corrections" system: money which could far better be spent in the early development stages of that childs life.