Taking a Whole Child Approach
Post submitted by whole child blogger Caroline Newton, a sophomore at Temple University. Newton is studying journalism and writes for Jump: The Philly Music Project magazine.
Studies show that 30 percent of high school graduates must take some type of remediation at the college level. What is it about the current structure of education that is failing students? The Whole Child Tenets aim to assist educators in creating a system that caters to each student's individual needs and prepare them for lifelong success. At ASCD's recent Annual Conference in Philadelphia, Pa., Molly McCloskey, managing director of ASCD's Whole Child Initiative, was joined by Bill Hughes, superintendent of Greendale School District in Greendale, Wisc., in a discussion of the whole child approach.
"What we believe is that each child from each school and each community must be healthy and safe andengaged and supported and challenged. The two keys words being each and and," McCloskey enthusiastically told the audience.
Maslow's Theory of Hierarchical Needs requires that health is the base of the hierarchy and challenged is the