Content tagged with “Education”
This week, some of the nation’s most brilliant minds are meeting at the Newseum in Washington DC for important dialogues on vital issues in the US and abroad at the Washington Ideas Forum. Below are...
Tags: Washington Ideas Forum, Education, healthcare Salman Khan, founder of the Khan Academy, discussed how to change higher education, his book The One World Schoolhouse: Education Reimagined, and more at this Alma and Joseph Gildenhorn Series book...
Tags: Sal Khan, The Alma and Joseph Gildenhorn Book Series, Education The Fall 2012 Alma and Joseph Gildenhorn Book Series features Khan Academy Founder Salman Khan discussing his recently published book The One World Schoolhouse: Education Reimagined (Twelve Books)...
Tags: Education, The Alma and Joseph Gildenhorn Book Series, Sal Khan Eli Broad, founder of the Broad Foundation and renowned business leader, spoke on education as the key to succeeding in the global economy at this summer's Aspen Ideas Festival. Watch the full...
Tags: Election 2012, Eli Broad, Education, Jobs, Deficit reduction, Education and Society Program, Economic Opportunities Program The US economy and employment continue to be major topics in the upcoming election. Aspen’s Manufacturing and Society in the 21st Century program recently released its seven top recommendations...
Tags: Election 2012, Manufacturing and Society in the 21st Century, Manufacturing, Education, US Trade Policy, Energy Education Nation APEP got the chance to witness television magic this week at the Education Nation Summit thanks to our work with the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and NBC News. We’re helping to...
Tags: Education, Advocacy Strategies, US Politics From June 2nd to 9th, 2012 the Partners for a New Beginning’s North Africa Partnership for Economic Opportunity Secretariat at the Aspen Institute (PNB-NAPEO) led a Higher Education delegation to the...
Tags: Maghreb, Partnerships, Higher Education, North Africa, Investment, Education The recent strike of public school teachers in Chicago has put a spotlight on the issue of teacher evaluation. As the LA Times wrote Tuesday, this current strike amplifies the debate on using...
Tags: Election 2012, Education Global Health Policy Networks At our last advocacy evaluation breakfast, American University professor Jeremy Shiffman presented on his work for the Gates Foundation’s Global Health Advocacy and...
Tags: Education, global health, Evaluation Theory and Methods Bipartisanship?! Really? The Kaiser Family Foundation published the results of their latest poll of the American public—this time on spending in global health projects in the developing world. The...
Tags: Education, Philanthropy, global health, Evaluation Theory and Methods, US Politics 
