Technology education in the classroom. Living under the US poverty line. How Edward Snowden’s actions have jumped from news to pop culture. Our programs have been scouring their respective issue areas to find and share the most insightful and informative links. These stories have hit the must-read lists of the Aspen Institute this week.
Scroll down to see tweets from across the Institute about what’s topical right now. Follow our @AspenInstitute list on Twitter for updates and to keep up with each program’s events, video, and experts, and let us know what you’re reading in the comments section below.
.@joshgerstein: Snowden actions "passing out of usual realm of news and into pop culture" http://t.co/0r53oXqzxu
— Aspen Security Forum (@AspenSecurity) March 13, 2014
Keeping #women and girls' rights central in the #post2015 agenda should be a top priority. #CSW58 http://t.co/2Fbxq0jAFZ @ICRW
— GlobalLeadersCouncil (@GLCRHresolve) March 13, 2014
The power of open data for #development –> http://t.co/CieOwfod7p #Data #Development
— AMP (@AMPGlobal) March 13, 2014
Research shows that btwn the ages of 25 – 60, almost 40% of Americans will spend a yr living under the poverty line. http://t.co/6d5ZYoUCfm
— Aspen Ascend (@AspenAscend) March 12, 2014
Students aren’t worried about technology education in the classroom, so why are some teachers? http://t.co/zThlMyWr3g
— Aspen Task Force (@AspenTaskForce) March 11, 2014
Fascinating piece by fmr. ASG Dir. Kurt Campbell on why Chinese leadership so intrigued by House of Cards http://t.co/H85QL4H3Lc #underwood
— Aspen Strategy Group (@AspenStrategy) March 10, 2014