Aspen Ideas Festival

John Danner is co-founder and CEO of Rocketship Education, a national network of high-performing K-5 charter schools with a mission of eliminating the achievement gap. Danner’s prior experience includes: chairman of the Charter School Resource Center of Tennessee, founding director... Read More →

Kathleen McCartney is the Gerald S. Lesser Professor in Early Childhood Development and dean of the Harvard Graduate School of Education, a position she has held since 2006. In collaboration with a dedicated faculty and administrative team, she has implemented a strategic plan to... Read More →

Karl Wendt is a Rothenberg doctoral fellow at Harvard University’s Graduate School of Education. His research has focused on systems and practices that could improve public education. Prior to becoming an educator, he earned several patents for innovations in product design and... Read More →