The Aspen Institute

A City at Hope: SEL & Education in New York City

From A Nation at Hope to a City at Hope. Learn how the Aspen Institute National Commission on Social, Emotional, and Academic Development is impacting NYC Youth.

BY Education and Society Program

Video

03.26.2021

K-12 Education

We Can Make Schools a Force for Climate Action

With over 50 million children enrolled, public schools present both a need and an opportunity to address this once-in-a-lifetime crisis.

BY Laura Schifter & 1 more

Blog Post

03.01.2021

K-12 Education

This Alphabet Book Is Teaching Children About Diversity and Compassion

A dozen students at Marion C. Moore High School in Louisville, KY created a children’s book as part of Aspen Challenge.

BY Aspen Challenge

Blog Post

01.26.2021

K-12 Education

Interest to Implementation – Bringing Virtual Exchange to Your Institution

After learning about virtual exchange, many educators and institutions don’t know how to make this global educa ...

BY Stevens Initiative

Video

11.10.2020

K-12 Education

Reassessing Our Pandemic Priorities

Christopher Maximos, previous Education & Society intern and current sophomore at Stanford, speaks powerfully to the reality that schools “have not returned back to normal, therefore we should not reinstate normal modes of assessment.”

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

Blog Post

10.22.2020

K-12 Education

Social and Emotional Learning Starts With the Arts

Christopher Maximos, a sophomore at Stanford describes the personal connection between SEL and his speech & debate career while underlining the importance of the arts in the middle of the COVID-19 pandemic.

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

Blog Post

10.22.2020

K-12 Education

Brain Drain

It’s no secret that Generation Z students are under an inordinate amount of pressure. Shreya Joshi, a student and mental health advocate, discusses the gaps in mental health care in schools.

BY Shreya Joshi, Freshman at Duke University, & 1 more

Blog Post

10.22.2020

K-12 Education

Greater Empathy, Greater Success

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

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