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Increasing Economic Stability
The rich-poor gap widens.

Urban environments become VUCA focal points The VUCA environment—volatile, uncertain, complex, and ambiguous—touches all institutions and community members, including schools. In extreme urban areas decimated by poverty, pollution, and economic instability, public schools become the zone of health and security—physical, intellectual, and emotional. Schools will be expected to play a leadership role in addressing the interrelated issues of learning, health, and civic intelligence.

Resources:
- "The Wisdom of Crowds” Excerpt
- Across Globe, Empty Bellies Bring Rising Anger
- Experience the World with Brown Faculty and Alumni
- Food and Fuel Compete for Land
- Forty Acres and a Gap in Wealth
- Harvard Alumni Education Programs
- Low-Income Students Are Public School Majority in
- Middle-Class Dream Eludes African American Familie
- On Mortgage Relief, Who Gains the Most?
- On Mortgage Relief, Who Gains the Most?
- Rich City Poor City
- Rich/Poor Gap
- Stanford Alumni Experience Educational Travel
- UCLA Alumni Emplore Cultures and Gain New Perscpectives From Tours
- Where Cuyahoga's Population Is Going
- Where Did They Go? The Decline of Middle-Income Neighborhoods in Metropolitan America

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Drivers   Drivers
The vertical side of the left column of the map. These are six categories driving all trends, hotspots and dilemmas. Click on the purple bar for a definition of that driver.
Impact areas   Impact Areas
The horizontal axis of the map. These are five key areas of activity where major trends are revealed from different perspectives. Click on the purple bar for a definition of that impact area.
Hotspots   Hotspots
These are key trends that we think have broad impact on education and often make good starting points for exploring the map.
Dilemmas   Dilemmas
These are issues that can't be solved with either/or thinking but require new strategies that go beyond simple problem solving.

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