WHOLE

A n astounding 70% of K-12 teachers face chronic stress at work. That shocking statistic carries major implications for the quality of education they provide to students--it's simply impossible to achieve peak performance under high stress. For too long, experts have insisted that teacher "disengagement" leads to poor learning outcomes and environments. It's now becoming increasingly clear that removing stress from the classroom may be the long-lost key to improving education for everyone. MindShift, an organization that identifies fresh new ways to look at critical issues, proposes reframing how we think about education. Through collaboration with leaders across a vast landscape of expertise--including education, neuroscience, leadership, and architecture--MindShift developed and tested the organic and refreshing ideas presented in WHOLE. This book not only illustrates how old educational perspectives have failed K-12 students, but it also lights the path that can improve education for everyone in a lasting way. Use it as a roadmap to discover how schools and communities can work together to bring new levels of excellence in the 21st century.