The Aspen Institute is an educational and policy studies organization based in Washington, DC. Its mission is to foster leadership based on enduring values and to provide a nonpartisan venue for dealing with critical issues.

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Evaluating Evaluations: Using Teacher Surveys to Strengthen Implementation

Publication | April 22, 2013 | Ross Wiener and Kasia Lundy
Education and Society Program
Public education is focused intensively on designing and implementing meaningful teacher evaluations. To convert evaluation information into more effective teaching, teachers, principals, and system... Read More

We Can't Afford To Wait (#myAspenIdea)

Blog Post | April 19, 2013 | Anonymous
This post is part of the #myAspenIdea series, a photo project aimed at taking the best ideas from our community and sharing them in a more visual way.#myAspenIdea: Bridge the gap between teacher... Read More

Three Aspen Challenge Teams Advance to Aspen Ideas Festival

Blog Post | April 18, 2013 | Anonymous
Three student teams from across Los Angeles, representing Downtown Magnets High School, Taft High School and Westchester High School won the top prize during the Institute's final Aspen Challenge... Read More

Finding a New Way: Leveraging Teacher Leadership to Meet Unprecedented Demands

Publication | March 4, 2013 | Rachel Curtis
Education and Society Program
School systems that provide their highest-performing teachers with leadership roles can elevate the profession and increase the impact of top talent. Pursuing teacher leadership allows schools... Read More

How the Winner is Chosen

College Excellence Program
  From over 1,000 to 120 based on national data. In the first round of the selection process, Aspen convenes a Data and Metrics Advisory Panel (Data Panel) which works with the National... Read More

Mobilizing the Diaspora: Opportunities for Engagement in N. Africa, Roundtable 1

Video | April 16, 2013
The objective of this PNB-NAPEO event was to convene diaspora members from the Maghreb to discuss ways they can effectively contribute to building out a more sustainable eco-system that advances... Read More

Business Schools Embrace the Liberal Arts

Business and Society Program
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About The Business and Society Program

Business and Society Program
MISSIONThe Business and Society Program builds on 60 years of Aspen Institute programming to help established and emerging business leaders put values at the heart of practice. Through dialogue... Read More

Yo-Yo Ma Named 2013 Harman-Eisner Artist in Residence

Blog Post | April 9, 2013 | Anonymous
"As a musician, I'm trained to do two things at the same time: work toward a goal larger than myself and pay attention to the smallest possible detail,” said recently named 2013 Harman-Eisner Artist... Read More

Skills Gap in Manufacturing

Event | May 15, 2013 |
Washington, DC
Manufacturing and Society in the 21st Century
This lunchtime discussion will explore the skills gap in manufacturing and selected efforts to creatively address the problem. The opening presentation by Craig Giffi of Deloitte will update its... Read More

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