Whole Child
| Founded: | March 2007 |
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| Company Overview: | ASCD launched the Whole Child Initiative to encourage schools and communities to work together to ensure that each student has access to a challenging curriculum in a healthy and supportive climate. ASCD is a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization that represents more than 175,000 educators from 119 countries who advocate sound policies and share best practices. |
| Mission: | It's Time to Educate the Whole Child: Did you know? · One student drops out of high school every 26 seconds. · Nine million children between the ages of 6 and 19 are overweight. · Almost 1,000 kids are victims of violent crimes every day. Common sense and research tell us bored kids don't thrive, unhealthy kids can't learn, and scared kids can’t think. You know each child deserves to be healthy, safe, engaged in learning, supported by caring adults, and academically challenged. Schools can’t do this work alone. ASCD's Whole Child Initiative calls on parents, educators, and anyone who cares about kids to join forces so that each child benefits from the comprehensive education required in today's changing world. Ways to Help: 1) Become a fan 2) Get smart: visit http://www.wholechildeducation.org 3) Share your story 4) Rate your school 5) Engage your community 6) Become an advocate |
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On Friday, September 26, Jim Lehrer of the PBS NewsHour will moderate the first U.S. presidential debate of the 2008 election. Gwen Ifill from PBS will moderate the only vice presidential...
Crisis. Trauma. Cataclysmic events. Unfortunately, no community is immune. And within just the last few few weeks, too many have been struck by economic, social, and natural disasters...
It's the first day of high school. Thirty students sit in homeroom: 14 are white; 9 are Hispanic; 5 are black; 1 is Asian; 1 is of mixed race. Girls and boys are equally represented...
As supporters of the Whole Child Initiative, we understand that students' basic physiological and psychological needs must be satisfied before they can fully engage in learning, relationships, and community. Many students come to school with unmet needs, including...
On a day when U.S. voters will get an earful from the candidates for the vice presidency, ASCD wants to hear from YOU. On Thursday, October 2, at 3:30 p.m. EST, we'll launch our monthly podcast series, The Whole Child...
The number of reading coaches in schools has increased in the past decade, thanks in part to elementary school mandates from Reading First. A new report (PDF) from the Rand Corporation shows middle school reading coaches in Florida help teachers...
Walk into any classroom, and chances are you'll see identical wooden desks and a teacher writing math problems on a whiteboard. A British company wants to make the typical classroom obsolete by making their interactive, touchscreen desk the norm in...
ASCD Express is looking for short, 600–1,000-word essays on the theme "Building Positive Classrooms." The theme description is below, and guidelines for submissions are here. Send us your submissions by Tuesday, September 30. Building Positive Classrooms: New teachers entering the...