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A Nation at Risk 40th Anniversary

Note: This is a past event, additional resources may be available below.

Tue Apr 25, 2023
Washington, DC 20037

Date

Tue Apr 25, 2023
11:00am – 12:30pm EDT

Location

Washington, DC 20037
The Aspen Institute
2300 N Street, NW

Contact

    [email protected]

Hosts

  1. Education and Society Program

This April marks the 40th anniversary of A Nation at Risk. Join the Aspen Institute as we celebrate the enduring contributions of this landmark report, take stock of lessons learned, and frame an agenda that will meet the challenges of today and tomorrow, while galvanizing broad, bipartisan support. 

Senior state and federal policy makers will share their vision for a united path forward to improve public education policy: 

Ross Wiener, Executive Director, The Aspen Institute Education & Society Program
Roberto Rodriguez, Assistant Secretary for Planning, Evaluation, and Policy Development, U.S. Department of Education


Penny Schwinn, Commissioner, Tennessee Department of Education

Gerard Robinson, Former Virginia Secretary of Education and Fellow of Practice at the Institute for Advanced Studies in Culture at the University of Virginia

Lorén Cox, Policy Director, The Aspen Institute Education & Society Program (moderator)