PAYINGïTRIBUTE - Operation Respect
PAYINGïTRIBUTE - Operation Respect
PAYINGïTRIBUTE - Operation Respect
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Throughout 2007, <strong>Operation</strong> <strong>Respect</strong> convened a<br />
series of meetings of the United Voices for Education<br />
(UVE), most frequently with UVE’s Steering<br />
Committee in Washington, D.C., to develop<br />
a strategic plan to guide UVE’s efforts, which are<br />
designed to take advantage of its unique breadth<br />
of membership and to focus on its stated purpose<br />
to advance the “education of the whole child” in a<br />
safe, respectful, bully-free atmosphere conducive<br />
to learning.<br />
The premise of whole child education is that education<br />
needs to address all of the developmental<br />
needs of children and youth, including their emotional<br />
and social growth, so that academic learning<br />
can take place in tandem with these other critical<br />
areas. Problem solving and critical thinking as well<br />
as essential growth in civic awareness and responsibility<br />
are also fundamental support structures of<br />
whole child education.<br />
UVE’s goals, which are shared by <strong>Operation</strong><br />
<strong>Respect</strong>, are to:<br />
> Affect policy change so that the educational<br />
paradigm of America and beyond becomes<br />
one of teaching the whole child, rather than<br />
one of excessive focus on the academic side of<br />
education. Policy change is pursued through<br />
discussions and communication with policy<br />
makers, elected officials, parents, students, the<br />
business community, funders and educators at<br />
all levels.<br />
> Broaden the focus of schools, districts, and<br />
federal and state education policymakers to<br />
include positive accountability in regard to<br />
schools’ obligation to foster the social and<br />
emotional development of students and to create<br />
and sustain a school climate that is safe,<br />
respectful and bully-free, and thereby conducive<br />
to learning.<br />
> Use research, examples of best educational<br />
practices and policies and model programs that<br />
support the adoption of whole child education<br />
to inform those who are engaged in the pursuit<br />
of UVE’s agenda and who will also help UVE<br />
serve as a clearinghouse for practitioners.<br />
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On July 30, 2007, Senator Tom Harkin addressed<br />
the UVE general membership to lay the groundwork<br />
for ongoing collaboration in areas of public policy<br />
and practice that intersect with the advocacies
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