Someday
in the coming years, if astronomers finally
succeed in locating a virtual Earth twin
outside the solar system — a tiny dot of a
world at a temperate, life - enabling distance from a sunlike star — the achievement will hardly be cause for resting on observational laurels.
Friedman posited that combining what students do
outside of school with what they do inside the classroom is a critical step
in the right direction toward engaging and motivating students to
succeed in an economically diverse
world.