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Letter from the Chairman: Reflecting on 10 Years of the Susan Crown Exchange

Letter from the Chairman: Reflecting on 10 Years of the Susan Crown Exchange

“To raise new questions, new possibilities, to regard old problems from a new angle, requires creative imagination and marks real advance.” ­­- Albert Einstein When the Susan Crown Exchange was founded ten years ago, the world ...

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Nonprofit Leaders in Digital Learning Share Their Insights

Nonprofit Leaders in Digital Learning Share Their Insights

What roles can data play in building effective digital learning programs for youth? How can those programs ensure that their most ambitious projects succeed? And how can your organization leverage professional development to maximize impact? In ...

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#DearSocialMedia: Teens Tell Tech Industry What Needs to Change

#DearSocialMedia: Teens Tell Tech Industry What Needs to Change

It’s no surprise that a generation that grew up on the internet has plenty of insights on how to make it better. In partnership with ATTN: Media and Chicago Ideas, we launched a campaign to encourage our ...

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Don’t retire, kid: Our four biggest takeaways from the Project Play Summit

Don’t retire, kid: Our four biggest takeaways from the Project Play Summit

Young athletes share their stories at the Project Play Summit. Don’t retire, kid. That message anchored the Aspen Institute’s 2019 Project Play Summit, which brought more than 500 leaders in sport and youth development to Detroit ...

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REFUNITE: Reconnecting Refugee Families

When conflict escalated in the Democratic Republic of Congo in 2013, 16-year-old Tino fled the country—leaving his entire family behind. Sadly, Tino’s story is a common one. The DRC has suffered ethnic, political, and economic conflicts ...

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We asked teens how to exercise better judgement online. Their responses blew us away.

“How might we improve people’s judgement in digital spaces?” This was the question that guided the Untagle the Web hackathon, a two-day event we hosted this summer in collaboration with DoSomething.org. We gathered 15 exceptional young ...

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Two New Grants Take SCE into the Digital Age

Two New Grants Take SCE into the Digital Age

Partnerships with Center for Humane Technology and University of Wisconsin launch SCE’s exploration into well-being In some ways, the convergence of Digital Learning and Social and Emotional Learning was inevitable: In this highly connected era, success ...

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We Untangled the Web with DoSomething.org. Here’s What We Learned.

We Untangled the Web with DoSomething.org. Here’s What We Learned.

More than 50,000 young people signed up to teach adults about digital life Today’s young people are digital natives; they grew up with unmatched access to technology. However, they can feel disconnected from adults around technology ...

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