SXSW EDU 2025

A New Choice Landscape: Finding Common Ground in Democracy

Description:

There is momentum toward pluralistic approaches to learning and schooling that ensure each student is prepared for a thriving life and full participation in our American democracy. The urgent need is evident in student engagement, state policies, enrollment, and achievement trends. This panel of diverse leaders in philanthropy, policy, and practice discusses a new analysis of the public ed landscape, and charts a path toward actionable common ground and areas of tension that communities must navigate to increase agency, citizenship, and opportunity for all students.


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Takeaways

  1. Hear an updated analysis of from leaders in the ed sector on policy trends and their implications for schooling and opportunity models.
  2. Learn about an updated landscape analysis of service models that respond to local contexts, to broad trends in democracy, and to the economy.
  3. Learn about cross-partisan value propositions that engender broad support and increased opportunity for multiple models of learning.

Speakers


Organizer

Gene Pinkard, Director, K-12 Leadership, Aspen Institute


Meta Information:

  • Tags: funding, school design
  • Event: EDU
  • Format: Panel
  • Track: Policy & Advocacy
  • Session Focus Area K-12 Education
  • Level: Deep Understanding


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