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It could be video games. Bioengineering. Or health care. All of these forces and more are explored on the KnowledgeWorks Foundation and Institute for the Future 2006-2016 Map of Future Forces Affecting Education.

Look around the map. Explore it. While we'd never suggest that this map contains all of the answers and perfectly predicts the future, it does offer a clear point of view based on countless hours of research, analysis and expert opinion. Think of the map as a provocative tool, as the beginning of a movement, or, at the very least, part of a good conversation. Join in. And help us shape the future.

Threshold Magazine
In partnership with Cable in the Classroom, the Spring 2008 issue of Threshold Magazine features articles focused on the 2006 Education Map. Explore and download the articles around the driving forces that will have an impact on education.
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Innovations Research Convenings
KnowledgeWorks is hosting a set of innovations research convenings in an effort to identify and learn about breakthrough teaching and learning strategies that are reflective of components of the Map of the Future Forces Affecting Education.
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Education map featured in book on 'sensing the future'
The 2006-2016 Map of Future Forces Affecting Education, KnowledgeWorks Foundation’s forecast of what the coming years could hold for education, is featured in a recent book by one of the collaborators who helped construct the map. Learn how Bob Johansen, former president of the Institute for the Future, views the implications.