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Tuesday, November 22, 2011

The Common Core of a Whole Child Approach « Whole Child Education

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The Common Core of a Whole Child Approach

This November, get to the core of the Common Core State Standards with ASCD’s free webinar series, which will provide an overview of the new standards and address how to implement them effectively to serve the needs of the whole child.

Tuesday, November 22, 2011, 3:00 p.m. eastern time
Register now!

Too often high standards and a whole child approach are seen as opposite ends of the educational spectrum. In the final webinar of the series, Molly McCloskey debunks the myth of standards versus support and shares the relationship between the Common Core State Standards and a school improvement approach which ensures each child, in each school, in each community is healthy, safe, engaged, supported, and challenged.

Learn about the comprehensive indicators of a whole child approach for each child and how to integrate the Common Core State Standards so that they can be most effective in improving student success. Explore the