Challenging the Whole Child E-Book Free for Limited Time

How do we motivate students to embrace challenge? How do we encourage students to rise to challenges of their own? What is the connection between a meaningful, challenging curriculum and lasting achievement? ASCD's newest e-book, Challenging the Whole Child: Reflections on Best Practices in Learning, Teaching, and Leadership, addresses many of these questions and is available for download free of charge starting today and running through August 16, 2009.

This addition to ASCD's e-book series on educating the whole child features articles from Educational Leadership magazine and other ASCD publications that focus on challenging every student, offering a rigorous curriculum, meeting 21st century learning challenges, using formative assessments, and preparing students for college and the world of work. Authors include Arthur L. Costa, Robert J. Sternberg, Linda Darling-Hammond, Howard Gardner, Susan Brookhart, and other leading authorities.

Complementing this free e-book is the $7.95 ($9.95 for nonmembers) Engaging the Whole Child e-book, as well as the always free, always updated Whole Child Blog, a community-generated resource for strategies, ideas, and news relevant to ensuring that all children are healthy, safe, engaged, supported, and challenged.