The Annual Gathering of Education Entrepreneurs

In partnership with NewSchools Venture Fund, The Annual Gathering of Education Entrepreneurs seeks to develop an agenda for change in US public education and to identify opportunities for collaboration and accelerated impact across traditional boundaries.

Each summer, NewSchools Venture Fund and the Aspen Institute convene an Annual Gathering of Education Entrepreneurs. With the generous support of E*Trade, this event aims to create fellowship among these important change agents and to provide them with an opportunity to lift their heads from their day-to-day work to consider common goals. In doing so, the event strives to keep education entrepreneurs energized in their efforts and ensure that the whole of their work is greater than the sum of its parts.

This summer's Gathering - the third of its kind - built upon previous conversations about how a high-quality public education system would operate in 2030 and ways in which the group might work together to accelerate progress toward that vision. This year, the group considered two of their most significant obstacles: the lack of adequate human capital and the challenges of state policy.

2006 Annual Gathering of Education Entrepreneurs Report.