ICYMI: Whole Child Podcasts on Personlized Learning
How do we help each student succeed? One promising way is to personalize learning and put each student at the center of her learning experience. Broader than individualized or differentiated instruction, personalized learning is driven by the learner. Ensuring personalized learning for all students requires a shift in thinking about long-standing education practices, systems and policies, as well
Join Jeffrey Benson, author of the ASCD book Hanging In: Strategies for Teaching the Students Who Challenge Us Most, for an exciting, free webinar on what you can do now for a challenging student in your school.
Every school has its challenging students. In this webinar you'll learn how to focus on individual students and build on those efforts to enrich your team's capacity to hang in with many students. Benson will also be presenting on this topic at the 69th ASCD Annual Conference and Exhibit Show in Los Angeles, Calif., on Monday, March 17. Learn more and register at www.ascd.org/annualconference.
Jeffrey Benson has worked in almost every school context in his 35 years of experience in education: as a teacher in elementary, middle, and high schools; as an instructor in undergraduate and graduate programs; as an administrator in day and residential schools. He has studied and worked side by side with national leaders in the fields of special education, learning theory, trauma and addiction, school reform, adult development, and conflict resolution. He has been a consultant to public and private schools, mentored teachers and principals in varied school settings, and has written on many school-based issues. The core of his work is in understanding how people learn, the starting point for everything that schools should do.
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Early Education Takes Center Stage — Whole Child Education: Early Education Takes Center StageWith so much attention being paid to college and career readiness, the importance of early childhood education should not be overlooked. In the new issue of Policy Priorities, ASCD explores the significance of early childhood education and details the challenges of expanding access and ensuring equitable