5-16-14 The Whole Child Blog — Whole Child Snapshots Provide State and National Pictures of Child Well-Being

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Whole Child Snapshots Provide State and National Pictures of Child Well-Being

May 16, 2014 by Klea Scharberg

To thrive in today's global society, children need personalized support, safe environments, good health, and challenging learning opportunities. Adequately preparing students for their future requires a more comprehensive approach to education that recognizes the crucial in-school factors and out-of-school influences that affect teaching and learning. Such an approach requires the collaboration and shared responsibility of families, schools, communities, and policymakers.

To support conversation, collaboration, and change, ASCD has released Whole Child Snapshots highlighting how well each U.S. state—and the nation—is meeting the comprehensive needs of its children. The snapshots feature data aligned with the five tenets of ASCD's Whole Child Initiative—healthy, safe, engaged, supported, andchallenged. Together, the data provide a fuller picture of child well-being that extends beyond standardized test scores. The snapshots also suggest initial ideas for how communities can make targeted and innovative improvements to support the whole child and help their students become college, career, and citizenship ready. To see each indicator and the full Whole Child Snapshot for each state, visitwww.ascd.org/wholechildsnapshots.

In addition to individualized state data, the ASCD Whole Child Snapshots also provide notable national data highlights:

• 68 percent of U.S. children had both medical and dental preventive care visits in the past year.
• 20 percent of high school students were bullied in the past year and 16 percent were victims of cyberbullying. Girls were cyberbullied at twice the rate of boys.
• 41 percent of 18- to 24-year-old citizens voted in the November 2012 elections, compared to 62 percent of Whole Child Snapshots Provide State and National Pictures of Child Well-Being — Whole Child Education:

5-15-14 The Whole Child Blog — Today on the Whole Child Symposium Virtual: Classroom Instruction and Students — Whole Child Education

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