US Education Policy

Aspen Institute President and CEO Dan Porterfield delivered brief remarks and a toast at the gala celebrating the official release of the final report of the National Commission on Social, Emotional, and Academic Development.

How safe it seems to sit in our own trenches and wait for the other side to surrender rather than to enter the space between and negotiate an end to the stalemate. How much easier it is to shout into the void than to build a bridge across it.

the Institute’s National Commission on Social, Emotional, and Academic Development will release a report highlighting how communities across the country are finding success by focusing on the whole learner. Treating students holistically is the key to ensuring that young people thrive in school, in their careers, and in life.

For first-generation students, getting into college can be the biggest challenge of their lives. And the hard part comes next.

Dan Porterfield delivered remarks at the Teaching Matters 10th Annual Champions of Education Luncheon. 

Robert Zimmer and David Coleman talk with Dan Porterfield about College access.

University of Chicago President Robert Zimmer and College Board President and CEO David Coleman address the gnarly questions surrounding the challenges of college admissions with Dan Porterfield.

Educators in half a dozen states have picketed for better government support.

District leaders can use the the federal Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) to strengthen work they are already leading and to breakdown siloes that have traditionally existed between federal programs and local initiatives.