Releases
The Aspen Institute’s Justice & Society Program announces Senator Jeff Flake, former US Senator from Arizona and author of “The Conscience of a Conservative” (2017), as the 2019 Sandra Day O’Connor Conversation speaker.
A report released by the Aspen Institute National Commission on Social, Emotional, and Academic Development asserts that our nation is at a turning point: We now understand that social, emotional, and cognitive development underpin children’s academic learning.
Their position is outlined in a Health Affairs commentary co-authored by the Commissioners, accompanied by a white paper published by the Health, Medicine and Society Program (HMS) at the Aspen Institute.
A nationwide alliance of leading colleges and universities has made significant progress in improving opportunity for low- and moderate-income students, according to a new report.
Working with a bipartisan set of partner organizations from communities, schools and statehouses, the tools were released as part of The Aspen Institute’s “The Changing of the Guard: New Opportunities for Education Leadership” event.
The new resources for policymakers, which include four issue briefs, three rubrics and two policymaking checklists, flip the traditional approach to education policy.