Education Issues

To address the influences that exist beyond the classroom, ASCD centers its work around identifying and advocating positions on key issues affecting education; using its expertise to ensure high-quality, balanced information about effective and equitable educational practices and policies; and collaborating with other influential organizations for the improvement of teaching and learning.

Focus On . . .

This section highlights current issues that ASCD is addressing through activities or recent publications.

• Full-Service Community Schools—The latest issue of the quarterly newsletter ASCD Infobrief.
• Data: Now What?—The latest issue of ASCD's flagship publication, Educational Leadership.

• Taking Action That's Good for the Kids—The latest topic of the Is It Good for the Kids? editorial by ASCD Executive Director Gene R. Carter.

• ASCD Adopted Positions—Current positions address the whole child, health and learning, high-stakes testing, and the achievement gap.

• ASCD Legislative Agenda—Each priority includes key messages and brief policy papers that will help support sound education policy.

Educational Terms in Everyday Language

Education, like all professions, has a specialized vocabulary that many people have a difficult time understanding. ASCD's online resource, A Lexicon of Learning, provides clear definitions of educational terms in everyday language.