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March is a special month at ASCD as we hold our annual conference and celebrate excellence in education. In the coming weeks, we will honor our 2012 Outstanding Young Educator, our ASCD Affiliate Overall Excellence Award recipient, and our 2012 Vision in Action: the ASCD Whole Child Award winner. We'll also spend this month on the whole child website honoring excellence and reflecting on the qualities that make a good school a good school and a good community a good community—even where the context and culture may differ dramatically.
Whether your school is in Berlin, Sydney, Ramallah, or Omaha, a whole child approach to education and community engagement—in which each child, in each school and each community, is healthy, safe, engaged, supported, and challenged—ensures student growth, learning, and development.
In this episode, we'll explore schools and communities across the world that emphasize providing safe and