Real Engagement: How Do I Help My
Students Become Motivated, Confident,
and Self-Directed Learners? (ASCD
Arias, 2015) by Allison Zmuda
and Robyn R. Jackson. Stock No.
SF115056. Price: $9.99 (member);
$12.99 (nonmember).
Allison Zmuda and Robyn R.
Jackson present concrete strategies
for providing the clarity, context,
challenge, and culture necessary to
transform dutiful, compliant students
into highly motivated learners.
Freedom to Fail: How Do I Foster
Risk-Taking and Innovation in My
Classroom? (ASCD Arias, 2015)
by Andrew K. Miller. Stock No.
SF115044. Price: $9.99 (member);
$12.99 (nonmember).
Learn how to intentionally create
learning experiences that give students
the time and space to try new ideas,
fail, learn from mistakes, and try again.
How to Design
Questions and
Tasks to Assess
Student Thinking
(ASCD, 2014)
by Susan M. Brookhart. Stock
No. 114014. Price: $18.95 (member);
$24.95 (nonmember).
Assessment expert Susan M.
Brookhart explains how teachers can
design targeted questions and tasks
that align with standards and assess
students’ higher-order thinking skills.
To be fully prepared for their futures,
children need personalized support, safe
environments, good health, and challenging
learning opportunities. How well are we, as a
nation, supporting the whole child? ASCD’s
50-state whole child snapshots begin to
answer that question by featuring data that
provide a comprehensive picture of child
performance and well-being.
Each snapshot also has initial ideas for
how families, educators, and communities
can make targeted and innovative improve-
ments to support the whole child and help
students become productive adults and
engaged citizens. ASCD is developing the
snapshots annually to feature the most
recently available data and to permit year-
over-year comparisons.
Visit www.ascd.org/wholechildsnapshots
to see how your state compares with others
in meeting the comprehensive needs of its
children and to find out to what extent students in your area are healthy, safe, engaged,
supported, and challenged.
HEALTHY
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SAFE
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48%
of 18- to 24-year-old citizens
were registered to vote in the
November 2012 elections4
U.S. Average: 54%
34%
of 18- to 24-year-old citizens
voted in those elections4
U.S. Average: 41%
of children always cared about
doing well in school and did all
required homework during the
previous month3
U.S. Average: 52%
49%
of children live in a neighborhood with sidewalks
a library a recreation center and a park3
U.S.Average:54% 58%
High school students who were
bullied at school in the past year2
U.S. Average: 20%
22%
High school
students who were
victims of cyberbullying2
U.S. Average: 15%
17%
70%
of children had both medical
and dental preventive care
visits in the past year. 3
U.S. Average: 68%
16+137K 16% ofhighschoolstudents areoverweight2 U.S.Average:17%
13%
of high school students
are obese2
U.S. Average: 14%
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U.S. Average: 23%
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U.S. Average: 14%
CHILDREN IN POVERTY BY RACE1
Kansas
22% 19%
To be prepared for well-paying
jobs and lifelong learning, Kansas’s
children need personalized support,
safe environments, good health, and
challenging learning opportunities.
The following data highlight how
well the comprehensive needs of
Kansas’s children are being met and
show how the state compares with
all other states. The action steps
present initial ideas for how Kansas
citizens can make targeted and
innovative improvements that equip
the state’s students with the knowledge and skills they need to become
productive, self-sufficient adults
who help Kansas create a robust
economy.
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49%
43%
50%
ofchildrenliveinaneighborhoodwithsidewalks, alibrary,arecreationcenter,andapark. 3 U.S.Average:54% 50%
18% 13%
72%
ofchildrenhadbothmedical anddentalpreventivecare visitsinthepastyear. 3 U.S.Average:68%
16+ 1 4 7 0 K 16% ofhighschoolstudents areoverweight. 2 U.S.Average:17% 14% ofhighschoolstudents areobese. 2
U.S. Average: 14%
WHITE CHILDREN
IN POVERTY1
U.S. Average: 14%
9% 9%
ASIAN CHILDREN
IN POVERTY1
U.S. Average: 14%
5% 5%
Delaware 22% 18%
Tobepreparedforwell-payingjobs andlifelonglearning,Delaware’s childrenneedpersonalizedsupport, safeenvironments,goodhealth,and challenginglearningopportunities. Thefollowingdatahighlighthow wellthecomprehensiveneedsof Delaware’schildrenarebeingmet andshowhowthestatecompares withallotherstates.Theaction stepspresentinitialideasforhow Delawarecitizenscanmaketargeted andinnovativeimprovementsthat eq
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Award Roundup!
New Resources (Books)
APEX 2015 Awards for
Publication Excellence
ASCD has won four awards in
the 2015 APEX competition,
including a prestigious Grand
Award for Education Update in
the category of Newsletter–Most
Improved. The three remaining
prizes were Awards of Excellence
for the following publications:
“Writing: A Core Skill”
n Cover Design–Illustration:
Educational Leadership, March
2015, “Culturally Diverse
Classrooms”
n Annual Reports–Electronic:
ASCD 2013 Annual Report
AAP 2015 REVERE Awards
The Association of American Publishers honored Educa-
tional Leadership’s April 2014 issue on “Writing: A Core
Skill” with a REVERE Award in the category of Outstanding
Single Issue. Here are some of the judges’ comments:
“This is a perfectly written, edited, and curated group of articles
and resources covering the new Common Core State Standards
for writing. I found this issue to be inspirational—a unique and
lasting resource on the meaning and process of writing that is
also extremely timely. Excellent!”
“This issue of EL is practically flawless. The writing is clear and
the articles engaging, filled with insight and practical ideas. The
breadth of content about this crucial topic is dazzling. The bril-
liant progression of articles helps us delve deeper and deeper.”
AMP 2015 EXCEL Awards
Association Media and Publishing awarded Silver EXCEL
Awards to ASCD’s two association newsletters, Education
Update (Print) and ASCD Express (Electronic). Winning
silver means that both ASCD newsletters were judged as
in the top 15 percent of the 800+ publications and media
products entered.
Whole Child Snapshots
