{"id":19037,"date":"2011-05-13T12:19:17","date_gmt":"2011-05-13T16:19:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/?p=19037"},"modified":"2011-05-13T12:19:17","modified_gmt":"2011-05-13T16:19:17","slug":"how-true-all-of-society-is-involved-in-setting-a-proper-foundation-for-our-students","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/2011\/05\/13\/how-true-all-of-society-is-involved-in-setting-a-proper-foundation-for-our-students\/","title":{"rendered":"How true. All of society is involved in setting a proper foundation for our students."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ednetinsight.com\/news-alerts\/voice-from-the-field\/lest-we-forget-the-littlest-learners-.html\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Lest We Forget the Littlest Learners\u2026<\/strong><\/a><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ednetinsight.com\/news-alerts\/voice-from-the-field\/lest-we-forget-the-littlest-learners-.html\" target=\"_blank\"><strong> &#8211;<\/strong><\/a>&#8211; from EdNetInsight.com<br \/>\nBarbara A. Chester, Principal, David Douglas  School District , Portland, Oregon, and President, National Association  of Elementary School Principals (NAESP) Board of Directors \u2014 Friday,  May 13, 2011<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">But outside of education, our littlest learners also need the focus  and support of all members of our society. We cannot afford to allow  some children the luxury of starting school \u201cpockets brimming with life  experiences\u201d and other children attempting to access an extraordinarily  uneven playing field. In every state, in every city, town, and  community, it is the responsibility of every individual to seek ways to  ensure that all children have equal access to learning opportunities, to  the richness of play, and to the development of appropriate social  skills. While foundations and organizations abound to reach out to some  groups, the gap continues to widen for many others. The simple random  act of kindness to reach out to just one child and one family and to  share the time, talents, and knowledge that all adults possess would  make an extraordinary difference in the lives of every early learner.  And with such actions, the foundation of an educated society begins to  strengthen, and the load is shared by all\u2014 educators, businesses,  legislators, and community members of all ages.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">The question is not where individual children might attend school,  but if, when they enter the front door of their neighborhood school,  they are off to the best start possible. When that strong foundation is  in place, we can be confident that we have launched our littlest  learners into the beginning of a successful future.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #800000;\">From DSC:<\/span><\/strong><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800000;\">How true. <em>All of society is involved<\/em> in setting a proper foundation for our students. <em>Families <\/em>play an important role &#8212; as do others &#8212; and not just those involved with education as a career.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lest We Forget the Littlest Learners\u2026 &#8211;&#8211; from EdNetInsight.com Barbara A. Chester, Principal, David Douglas School District , Portland, Oregon, and President, National Association of Elementary School Principals (NAESP) Board of Directors \u2014 Friday, May 13, 2011 But outside of education, our littlest learners also need the focus and support of all members of our [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[343,46,480],"tags":[737,4,792],"class_list":["post-19037","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-education","category-k-12-related","category-society","tag-education","tag-k-12","tag-society"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19037","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19037"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19037\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19038,"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19037\/revisions\/19038"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19037"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19037"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19037"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}