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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Displaying What We Do: Education
Publication | February 4, 2013
College Excellence Program
This guide describes how leading community colleges have created cultures in which faculty members consistently work to reform and improve their teaching in ways that measurably improve student...
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Publication | October 1, 2012
Education and Society Program
This extensive series of professional development modules provides open educational resources designed to meet the needs of educators making the key instructional shifts in ELA & Literacy for the...
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College Excellence Program
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Event | October 17, 2012 |
Washington, DC
Education and Society Program
Watch the event on C-SPAN.Click Here to order Futures of School ReformHow might we re-envision our school system to make it more just, equitable, and higher performing? Most approaches to school...
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Event | October 9, 2012 |
Washington, DC
Education and Society Program
To watch this event live Click Here on October 9th at 9:30am EDTPanel: Sonja Brookins-Santelises, Chief Academic Officer, Baltimore City Public Schools; Michael Cohen, President, Achieve;...
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Congressional Program
The comments made and views expressed in these papers are solely the responsibility of the authors and do not necessarily reflect those of the Aspen Institute or Congressional Program funders.The...
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Congressional Program
The Aspen Institute Congressional Program, established in 1983 by former U.S. Senator Dick Clark, is a nongovernmental, nonpartisan educational program for members of the United States Congress. It...
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Congressional Program
2012 BreakfastsA major strength of the Congressional Program is our breakfast series, an educational opportunity that we offer between conferences. We host 25 breakfasts each year for Members...
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The Aspen Institute Congressional Program, established in 1983 by former U.S. Senator Dick Clark, is a nongovernmental, nonpartisan educational program for members of the United States Congress. The...
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Event | October 26, 2012 |
Washington, DC
The Fall 2012 Alma and Joseph Gildenhorn Book Series will feature Khan Academy Founder Salman Khan discussing his recently published book 'The One World Schoolhouse: Education Reimagined' (Twelve...
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