What does a “whole child education” mean to educators? That has been a question we’ve been helping to answer since ASCD launched its whole child initiative more than a decade ago. More recently, it’s ...

“Whole child” is shorthand for the Whole School, Whole Community, Whole Child (WSCC) program. It’s funded by actors such as the United Nations, Department of Education, the Centers for Disease Control ...

Two competing narratives have taken root in communities of early-childhood education policy and practice: On one hand, an increased emphasis on numeracy and literacy in a child’s early years comes at ...

California’s educators are drowning in a sea of well-intentioned but fragmented statewide initiatives. It’s time for a unified approach. In California, we often hear that our education system is ...

Some of the most popular curricula for preschools are those that take a “whole child” approach to learning—wrapping social-emotional learning, executive function skills, self-regulation goals, and ...

Montessori education focuses on developing confident, compassionate people. Country Montessori School is dedicated to providing children an education based on Dr. Maria Montessori’s principles that ...