Todays world is rapidly changing. Indeed, current jobs may not be available in the near future. What this means is that educators must be visionaries with a clear idea of how to enable secondary students to create new ideas as well as to respond to the prescribed AP curriculum. Educators must view learning as the act of purposefully creating new solutions to problems presented in authentic contexts. They must engage students in activities that are mind-shaping and issue-focused. This session focuses on the differences these students exhibit, especially their unique epistemologies, which enable teachers to plan engaging and visionary experiences.