Discover the Future Tour

We now have a name for the San Diego Trip! This is the first annual Discover the Future tour. Our invitee list is very impressive, and we have already confirmed leaders in the community such as Adam Knapp from the Baton Rouge Area Chamber, John Spain from the Baton Rouge Area Foundation, Elliott Adams from Louisiana Economic Development and many more. There are only 30 seats and we have confirmed about 17, so please contact us as soon as possible, if you want to join us.

Here is an agenda (subject to change):

April 22nd

7:00pm - 9:00pm
Dinner; Guest Speaker: Gary Jacobs, Chair of High Tech High & founder of the first High Tech High School

9:15pm - until
Mix & Mingle

April 23rd
7:15am - 8:15am
Breakfast

8:30am - 9:00am
Designed for Learning; Guest Speaker: Christopher Gerber: Architect/LEED AP and Director of Facilities

9:00am - 11:00am
High Tech High Tours; International School, Digital Arts School, Gary & Ann Jacobs School.

11:15am - 12:15pm
Lunch; Guest Speaker: Larry Rosentock: CEO and founding Principal of High Tech High.

12:15pm - 1:00pm
Sneak Preview to High Schools coming to Baton Rouge in 2010
Presenters: Kristy Hebert, Executive Director of ADVANCE Baton Rouge and Charlotte Frugé, Director of Partnerships for Industry and Education.

1:00pm
Return to hotel for checkout

We hope you can join us!

April 22nd - 23rd: High Tech High, San Diego

You will receive an invitation to join us on a trip to High Tech High in San Diego. There are 30 open spots and we are finalizing the registration details/fees. The purpose of the trip is to show individuals from our community an innovative school that practices project-based learning in a 21st Century Learning environment

It's all about location

We are looking for a building. The conversations we have had are primarily with LSU and other buildings that are close to LSU. In considering a long-term solution, we are going to need to expand to approximately 80,000 square feet. If we secure funding to build a building in the long-term, the LSU School of Architecture and local architecture firms have expressed interest in researching and designing a 21st Century environment for learning, similar to the famed Denver School for Science and Technology. For those of you who are not familliar:

Please post a comment if you have any suggestions on space for the first year and/or beyond.

Launching of the Blog

To keep everyone updated on activities and progress in creating the two high schools, today is the launching of the NextEd Blog and NextEd Twitter accounts. I hope you find both useful.