Education Policy Archives

In this blog post, Chloe Pressley, a student from Woodbridge, VA identifies the critical inequities surrounding standardized testing and offers solutions as to how schools and state boards of education can build more equitable assessments.

BY Chloe Pressley, Senior at C.D. Hylton High School, & 1 more

Blog Post

10.22.2020

K-12 Education

Meet Personalized Needs - What State Assessments Could Learn from CTE

Ashley Lin a student from Vancouver, Washington urges policymakers to integrate some of the elements of CTE assessments into statewide assessments.

BY Ashley Lin, Senior at Union High School, & 1 more

Blog Post

10.22.2020

K-12 Education

Remote Learning During a Pandemic: What to Expect and How to Cope

Remote learning has dramatically changed the face of education. In his article, Sojas Wagle, a sophomore at Brown and psychiatric researcher, offers specific solutions to some of the most prescient issues with remote learning.

BY Sojas Wagle, Sophomore at Brown University, & 1 more

Blog Post

10.22.2020

US Education Policy

THIS IS NOT A TEST, THIS IS AN EMERGENCY: Special Considerations for Assessing and Advancing Equity in School-Year 2020-21

This brief recognizes this conundrum and offers recommendations for state leaders regarding assessment in 2020-2021.

BY Education and Society Program

Publication

10.01.2020

Father and son in masks walking to school

K-12 Education

What the Pandemic Has Revealed About the Role of Schools

Once we understand the part that schools play in society, we can have a conversation about what they need to be doing now.

BY David K. Gibson

Blog Post

09.08.2020

K-12 Education

In-school Instruction Should Wait Until It Is Absolutely Safe

Teachers with decades of combined classroom experience share their concerns related to the reopening of schools.

BY Terrell Brown, & 5 more

Blog Post

09.03.2020

K-12 Education

Building Student Governments that Put Students First

Ranen Miao’s passion for public service inspired him to serve in both high school and college student government. In this essay, Ranen contrasts his experiences and offers suggestions on how high schools can adapt student governance.

BY Ranen Miao, Junior at Washington University in St. Louis, & 1 more

Blog Post

09.01.2020

K-12 Education

How Local and State Governments Can Provide Avenues for Youth Engagement

Valuing students as equal partners results in education policies that are actually reflective of the student voice.

BY Jenna Yuan, & 1 more

Blog Post

09.01.2020

K-12 Education

Reinvigorating Civics Education, Rebuilding Democracy

In his first blog post of the summer, Christopher Maximos, the Aspen Education & Society summer intern, underscores the need for expanded, action-based civics at every grade level.

BY Christopher Maximos, Rising Sophomore at Stanford University, & 1 more

Blog Post

08.18.2020

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