New Compact To Educate The Whole Child

2008-01-01

Current education practice and policy focus overwhelmingly on academic achievement. This achievement, however, is but one element of student learning and development and only a part of any complete system of educational accountability.

ASCD calls on educators, communities, and policymakers to work together to fulfill the new compact for the education of the whole child. Successful implementation of these policies results in successful 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.

We call upon policymaking bodies from local school boards through the United States Congress to embrace and implement these goals to ensure we, as a society, meet our new compact with today's students and tomorrow's leaders.

To get a whole child, it takes a whole education.

Visit ASCD's Whole Child Web site, where you can grade your school, find resources, share your story, visit the policy blackboard, and spread the word.

Watch a short video to fully understand the Whole Child compact.