Education and Society Program

Urban Superintendents Network

This Network supports superintendents of some of the nation’s largest urban districts in sharing promising reform strategies and considering lessons from each others' efforts. The Network both informs and learns from the Program’s on-going policy work.  Recognizing districts’ urgent need to improve high school literacy and math performance, Aspen has launched complimentary networks of district mathematics and literacy leaders to help tackle common challenges.  

Based on requests from members of the Aspen Superintendents Network, we have launched three complementary networks to support district efforts to strengthen secondary literacy and mathematics performance and to spur development of district-wide strategies for instructional and professional support systems.  [Read more here...]

Readings and Publications on Strengthening Urban Districts

The Program on Education and Society’s work with the Urban Superintendents Network has been made possible by  generous grants from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, and the Spencer Foundation.