The Whole Child Petition
The We the People initiative is the Obama administration's effort to provide citizens with a new way to petition the administration to take action on a range of important issues facing the United States. If a petition garners 25,000 signatures within 30 days, White House staff reviews it, sends it to the appropriate policy experts, and issues an official response.
ASCD is taking advantage of this initiative and petitioning the administration to make whole child education a national priority. We petition the Obama administration to establish a President's Council on the Whole Child to help students be healthy, safe, engaged, supported, and challenged, and we urge you to add your voice in support of this holistic and child-centered push for education at the executive office level.
Sign the petition to create a President's Council on the Whole Child. We have until February 18 to gather 25,000 signatures and then the White House will take the proposal into consideration. Please ask everyone you know invested in children and the future of education to visit the petition and sign!
