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US Education Policy

Supporting Students to be Independent Learners: State and District Actions for the Pandemic Era

New policy recommendations for a culturally and linguistically responsive approach to education that is essential to addressing the inequities that the COVID pandemic has laid bare.

BY Education and Society Program

Publication

06.17.2020
US Education Policy

Fostering Connectedness in the Pandemic Era: Policy Recommendations to Support Social, Emotional, and Academic Development

This resource is designed to help state education leaders identify potential actions focused on fostering social and emotional development and school connectedness and is not intended to offer one-size-fits-all recommendations.

BY Education and Society Program

Publication

05.06.2020
US Education Policy

Recovery and Renewal: Principles for Advancing Public Education Post-Crisis

In this paper, the Institute's Education & Society Program proposes five principles to guide recovery and renewal.

BY Ross Wiener

Publication

05.01.2020
Family Finances

Election Recommendations from a Parent

Policymakers need to engage with the families whose lives are affected by their decisions.

BY Rynn Bell

Blog Post

06.26.2019
K-12 Education

It's Time We Start Talking About Rural Schools

Rural schools are often treated as an afterthought in national conversations on education.

BY Education and Society Program

Blog Post

04.16.2019
K-12 Education

Why School Climate Should Be Every Principal's Top Priority

Just look at Chicago's example.

BY Ross Wiener

Blog Post

08.01.2018
US Education Policy

Why Teachers Are On Strike

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

BY Lalini Pedris

Blog Post

05.01.2018
So What?

Putting Tests to the Test

There might be a better way to evaluate education in the United States.

BY Aspen Planning and Evaluation Program

Blog Post

03.17.2017
Technology

What is the Impact of Technology in the Classroom? A Q&A with Jim Shelton

According to Jim Shelton, deputy secretary at the US Department of Education, the benefits of adding digital educational tools to curriculum extend far beyond the classroom. Shelton, who is known in the education world for his work in the intersection of education and innovation, recently spoke about the subject at the Aspen Institute.

BY Keosha Varela

Blog Post

09.16.2014