The Aspen Institute

This Alphabet Book Is Teaching Children About Diversity and Compassion

BY Aspen Challenge

Blog Post

01.26.2021

K-12 Education

Interest to Implementation – Bringing Virtual Exchange to Your Institution

After learning about virtual exchange, many educators and institutions don’t know how to make this global educa ...

BY Stevens Initiative

Video

11.10.2020

K-12 Education

Reassessing Our Pandemic Priorities

Christopher Maximos, previous Education & Society intern and current sophomore at Stanford, speaks powerfully to the reality that schools “have not returned back to normal, therefore we should not reinstate normal modes of assessment.”

BY Christopher Maximos, Sophomore at Stanford University, & 1 more

Blog Post

10.22.2020

K-12 Education

Social and Emotional Learning Starts With the Arts

Christopher Maximos, a sophomore at Stanford describes the personal connection between SEL and his speech & debate career while underlining the importance of the arts in the middle of the COVID-19 pandemic.

BY Christopher Maximos, Rising Sophomore at Stanford University, & 1 more

Blog Post

10.22.2020

K-12 Education

Brain Drain

It’s no secret that Generation Z students are under an inordinate amount of pressure. Shreya Joshi, a student and mental health advocate, discusses the gaps in mental health care in schools.

BY Shreya Joshi, Freshman at Duke University, & 1 more

Blog Post

10.22.2020

K-12 Education

Greater Empathy, Greater Success

In this blog post, Chloe Pressley, a student from Woodbridge, VA identifies the critical inequities surrounding standardized testing and offers solutions as to how schools and state boards of education can build more equitable assessments.

BY Chloe Pressley, Senior at C.D. Hylton High School, & 1 more

Blog Post

10.22.2020

K-12 Education

Meet Personalized Needs - What State Assessments Could Learn from CTE

Ashley Lin a student from Vancouver, Washington urges policymakers to integrate some of the elements of CTE assessments into statewide assessments.

BY Ashley Lin, Senior at Union High School, & 1 more

Blog Post

10.22.2020

K-12 Education

Remote Learning During a Pandemic: What to Expect and How to Cope

Remote learning has dramatically changed the face of education. In his article, Sojas Wagle, a sophomore at Brown and psychiatric researcher, offers specific solutions to some of the most prescient issues with remote learning.

BY Sojas Wagle, Sophomore at Brown University, & 1 more

Blog Post

10.22.2020

K-12 Education

Introducing the State Policy Landscape

Climate change will increase the frequency and intensity of wildfires, floods, hurricanes, and heatwaves. These extreme weather events can increase exposur ...

BY K12 Climate Action

Blog Post

10.16.2020

K-12 Education

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