Education
Teachers
With students learning in more places and different ways than we have ever seen, the pace of change in education is dizzying. Join our panel of education experts in a discussion about what the classroom of the future will look like, how educational innovation can bridge divides, and how we can work together to get there. Presented by the Walton Family Foundation
In this new Aspen Ideas format, all attendees gather each morning to kick off the day by exploring a current issue of deep complexity. Debates over the content of our historical narrative and cultural values have Americans of differing ideologies engaged in heated battle, with educators and students caught in between. Meanwhile, have we failed to meaningfully educate o...
Founder and CEO, Khan Academy; Founder, Schoolhouse.world, Khan Lab School, and Khan World School
Today's kids are coming of age against a backdrop of political, social, technological, and economic upheaval. While these circumstances are shaping a precocious generation that is changing society and redefining cultural norms, kids are also struggling with mental health issues, the pressures of social media, and the ongoing impacts of COVID-19 on key developmental years....
Parents have always cared about what their kids are learning in school, but education debates have become particularly explosive in the U.S. in the last couple of years. All over the country, parent groups have introduced bills that try to control and restrict what children learn – especially around issues of race, history, and LGBTQ identity. What’s behind the recent push...
Students and teachers have displayed remarkable courage in the face of overlapping traumas this past year. Building on that resilience and the new, innovative ways students and teachers stayed connected throughout the pandemic will be key as students return to school this fall. In this session, Dr. Priscilla Chan, co-founder and co-CEO of the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative (CZ...
After over a year of disrupted learning, social isolation, and fear about returning to schools in person, Randi Weingarten, who heads the nation’s second-largest teacher’s union, talks about what’s at stake as schools look to safely reopen this fall. What have we learned from a year of unprecedented distance learning about what kids need and what they’re capable of? How ha...
With many students returning to school from the comfort of their living rooms, educators are using this unique period to address long-standing problems of equity.
A school year unlike any other is starting for students and educators across the United States. The pandemic and social unrest around racism make it a challenging time for students, teachers, and administrators, but it’s also a period of opportunity.
How do we make college more affordable and accessible for everyone?
Robert Runcie on the power of education, how tragedy shakes a community, and why he believes in hope
How is online learning changing classroooms?
As technology advances into schools, and children grow up immersed in gadgets, apps, and social media, concerns about the implications of a high-tech environment on child development are becoming more urgent. With the pervasiveness of attention-seeking and addictive electronic devices, how can we maximize the benefits and convenience of technology while mitigating potentia...
The public’s opinion of institutions of higher learning is diminishing. Whether it is because of the high cost or perceived ivory-tower elitism, or due to worry about an overly liberal mindset, Americans are debating the state — and even the necessity — of higher education today. What happens when swaths of society devalue the academy? How should institutions promote the...
How can we make every teacher a star teacher?
A look at the challenges facing higher education, with a leader who has a perspective unlike any other. Richard C. Levin spent two decades as the president of Yale University before becoming CEO of Coursera. In what ways are traditional universities vulnerable? And can the start-ups really deliver on their promise — in the US and around the world?