Raj Vinnakota of the Aspen Institute on Building a Generation of Young Leaders (Ep. 2)

thinkSchools with Alex Hernandez

Hear from Raj Vinnakota on the Aspen Institute's new initiative to support civic-minded, youth leaders in every corner of America. 1:00 Raj's personal K12 story; 2:30 Overview of the Aspen Institute and their approach to values-driven leadership; 4:04 Raj's meeting with Walter Isaacson and Aspen's decision to focus on youth, story of Charleston and The Liberty fellows; 7:04 Working with 15- and 16-year olds to build an "intergalactic army of the just;" 8:38 Unleashing young people to make an impact, story of Wendell Phillips High School; 11:14 Moving from individual to collective impact, story of Molly Freed; 12:50 On cultivating more civil discourse; 13:50 On whether Raj believes the children are the future; 14:38 What success looks like in 10 years; 17:05 Measuring things other than academics; 18:28 What Raj learned about education from being a parent; 19:47 What Raj learned from founding and running the SEED Schools, America's first network of public boarding schools.