Whole Child
Are You Receiving the ASCD Whole Child Newsletter?
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to receive this biweekly free resource, and stay up to date on policies
and practices, data, strategies and tools to help you ensure that each
child in your community is healthy, safe, engaged, supported and
challenged.
Making the Case for the Whole
Child
Why is now the time to advocate for the whole
child? Commonsense and research tell us that children must be healthy to
achieve at high levels. Yet, at a time when 35% of low-income
preschoolers are overweight or obese, 40% of elementary schools have
eliminated or are considering eliminating recess, and a time when 38% of
U.S. students report always feeling safe at school, and only 17 states
have anti- bullying statutes, should we say anymore? Find out more at
the Whole Child Resource Clearinghouse that can help you make the case
for the whole child. Visit
CLICK HERE
ASCD
InfoBrief on the Whole Child
Are you familiar with the five principles of the Whole
Child Compact? What existing policies and practices support the goal of
healthy, safe, engaged, supported and challenged children? Where does
policy and practice fall short of the whole child mission? The latest
issue of Infobrief answers these questions while reviewing the
objectives of ASCD's whole child initiative, promising practices from
around the world, and the immense work left to be done. Read more at
CLICK HERE
Starting the Whole Child
Conversation
To facilitate informal group conversations
about the whole child, ASCD has launched the Whole Child Community
Conversations Project, which enables groups to explore how to work
together to support this important initiative. Two versions of the
facilitator's guide are available: One targets local community
engagement and the other, student engagement. Learn how to engage your
community in a conversation about educating the whole child. For more
information and to download the facilitator's guides, visit
CLICK HERE
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