Good news for the whole child! Senator Kay Hagan (D-NC) introduced the Whole Child Resolution this week, the companion version of the House bill introduced last month. Urge your senators to cosponsor S. Res. 478, which designates March as National Whole Child Month and makes a whole child approach to education a national priority. Send a letter to your senators TODAY!
Whole Child Award Winner to Testify at Senate ESEA Hearing
Guidance counselor Clare Struck from Malcolm Price Laboratory School (PLS) in Cedar Falls, Iowa, will testify at tomorrow’s Senate ESEA hearing on “meeting the needs of the whole student.” Senators will learn about the challenges and benefits of providing students with a whole child education based on the firsthand experiences and successes of Price Lab’s educators. Clare joins a distinguished panel of educators that includes Harlem Children’s Zone’s Geoffrey Canada.
PLS is the winner of ASCD’s first-ever Vision in Action: The ASCD Whole Child Award. The award recognizes schools that move beyond a narrow focus on academic achievement to take action for the whole child, creating learners who are knowledgeable, emotionally and physically healthy, civically active, artistically engaged, prepared for economic self-sufficiency, and ready for the world beyond formal schooling. Learn more about the practices, programs, and policies that transformed the conditions of teaching and learning at PLS in last month’s Whole Child Podcast.
The hearing is one in a series touching on the Obama administration’s ESEA reauthorization priorities, school turnaround, and teachers and leaders. Watch video of past hearings, download witness testimony, and view future hearing topics at help.senate.gov/hearings. Learn more about proposed ESEA reforms and what they mean for the whole child, educators, and families in April’s Whole Child Podcast.
