ASCD Responds to President Obama's 2012 State of the Union Address
The President's call for improving education and training for students and workers comes at a time when ASCD is calling for similar efforts in our 2012 Legislative Agenda, released today at the association's annual Leadership Institute for Legislative Advocacy in Washington, D.C. ASCD believes that a quality education is the pathway to a successful future for today's students and society at large. Our 2012 Legislative Agenda makes ten recommendations we would like to see built into ongoing efforts to reauthorize ESEA. I'd like to focus on a few points of particular interest in light of the President's remarks this evening.
First, we call on the President to work with Congress and other stakeholders to clearly define college and career readiness to embrace all core academic subjects and the comprehensive knowledge and cognitive skills required of students after high school. Success in school, as in the workforce, is not limited to just proficiency in reading and math, nor is it confined to a single test score. We must create an education system that meets the needs of the whole child,
