Reaching for a Well-Rounded Education Creates Challenges for Educators
Educators, parents, the public, and the nation's political leaders seem to agree that a comprehensive education is crucial to competing in the global marketplace of the 21st century. They also agree that the curriculum should include both foundational subjects like reading, math, and science and other subjects, as well. The reality, however, is that subjects like history, civics, foreign language, and the arts fight hard for a place in the day-to-day curriculum—and not always successfully.
This bonus—and free!—digital edition of ASCD's Policy Priorities explores the issue in depth and features
- A video introduction to the issue by David Griffith, ASCD's director of public policy;
- An interactive infographic showing what top nations teach their students;
- An audio interview with the executive director of Common Core, Lynne Munson, in which she discusses the implications of the report Why We're Behind: What Top Nations Teach Their Students but We Don't; and
- An audio interview with professor Hilary Inwood, who speaks about integrating arts education into the classroom to help ensure students receive a well-rounded education.
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Penni Rubin
July 30, 2011
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I am working on a book on teaching hands-on science & math through art. After 40 years of setting up learning labs in schools/classrooms, I have photos of many of my science tables showing the tools and goodies to excite primary grade students. Do you think teachers would set up job-oriented learning labs in their classrooms?