PHILADELPHIA, PA, April 12, 2018 — Students from the School District of Philadelphia’s John Bartram High School are headed to this year’s Aspen Ideas Festival after claiming first place in [...]

By Jane Golden When you find yourself inside a Philadelphia school, as I often do, it’s easy to forget that you’re standing in a structure that was originally built [...]

DALLAS, TX, March 27, 2018 — High school students from Dallas Independent School District’s (Dallas ISD) Emmett J. Conrad, Moisés E. Molina, and Sunset High Schools are headed to [...]

February 22, 2018, Philadelphia, PA - Year two of the Aspen Challenge: Philadelphia saw eight new schools and 152 new students step up to the Aspen Challenge. Providing inspiration, tools, [...]

July 6, 2017, Aspen, CO — After an engagement with Chicago Police Department, City of Chicago employees, and fellow Aspen Challenge Chicago competitors-turned-partners at City of Chicago Public Safety Headquarters [...]

February 5, 2018, Dallas, TX - Never too young to lead, 160 Dallas Independent School District students packed into Dallas’ Union Station to hear challenges to issues of local and national [...]

June 8, 2017, Chicago, IL — Before the Aspen Challenge team from Wendell Phillips Academy High School placed their focus solely on their trip to the Aspen Ideas Festival, they [...]

April 6, 2017, Chicago, IL — A team of inspiring high school students from Wendell Phillips Academy High School claimed the top prize during the Aspen Challenge competition in Chicago [...]

March 29, 2017 Philadelphia, PA — Three groups of inspiring students from Northeast High School, Sankofa Freedom Academy Charter High School, and George Washington High School claimed the top prizes [...]

This year I had the privilege of coaching eight amazing Chicago Public School (CPS) students for a competition called the Aspen Challenge. An arm of the Aspen Institute, the [...]