SEPTEMBER 7, 2010
A Whole Child Approach to Addressing Bullying
How can we address bullying locally and nationally so that each student learns in a positive school climate that ensures they are healthy, safe, engaged, supported, and challenged? Are your school and community talking about bullying and the impact on students?
- Bridgette Wagoner, director of Educational Services for Waverly-Shell Rock Schools and former interim director of the Whole Child Award winning Price Laboratory School, reflects on the process of creating a shared culture of wellness in her district while taking an honest look at her own wellness in "My Wellness Hypocrisy."
- A piece I wrote for the Washington Post last week got a fair bit of feedback. It was a summary of thoughts around a comment made at the recent Bullying Prevention Summit in Washington, D.C., and concerned a phrase used by one of the presenters, who described classrooms as a “community of 30.” As I [...]
- Superintendent James S. Roberts shares how the Batesville Community School Corporation has partnered with the American Cancer Society to conduct a 10-week Active for Life fitness challenge. Through this challenge, staff are encouraged to engage in physical activity for 30 minutes per day for at least five days per week.
- A Look at Community Schools
- Organized Communities, Stronger Schools: The Impact of Community and Youth Organizing on Public School Reform
- Raising and Educating Healthy Boys: A Report on the Growing Crisis in Boy's Education
- Realizing the Promise of Promise Neighborhoods
- Resilience in African American Children and Adolescents
AUGUST 5, 2010
The Whole Teacher
How is it that some educators are able to address the health and safety of their students; remain supportive; engage and challenge each student; and then head home at the end of the day with enough time and energy to exercise, cook a healthy meal, and get enough sleep?











