Teaching With the Brain in Mind

About ASCD
Founded in 1943, the Association for Supervision
and Curriculum Development is a nonpartisan,
nonprofit education association, with international
headquarters in Alexandria, Virginia. ASCD’s mission
statement: ASCD, a diverse, international community
of educators, forging covenants in teaching and
learning for the success of all learners.
Membership in ASCD includes a subscription
to the award-winning journal Educational Leadership;
two newsletters, Education Update and Curriculum
Update; and other products and services.
ASCD sponsors affiliate organizations in many
states and international locations; participates in
collaborations and networks; holds conferences,
institutes, and training programs; produces publications
in a variety of media; sponsors recognition
and awards programs; and provides research information
on education issues.
ASCD provides many services to educators—
prekindergarten through grade 12—as well as to
others in the education community, including parents,
school board members, administrators, and
university professors and students. For further
information, contact ASCD via telephone: 1-800-
933-2723 or 703-578-9600; fax: 703-575-5400;
or e-mail: member@ascd.org. Or write to ASCD,
Information Services, 1703 N. Beauregard St.,
Alexandria, VA 22311-1714 USA. You can find
ASCD on the World Wide Web at http://www.
ascd.org.
ASCD’s Executive Director is Gene R. Carter.
1998–99 ASCD Executive Council
President: Thomas Budnik, Heartland Area Education
Agency, Johnston, Iowa
President-Elect: Joanna Choi Kalbus, Lecturer in
Education, University of California at Riverside
Immediate Past President: Edward Hall, Dean, Division
of Social and Professional Studies, Talladega
College, Talladega, Alabama
Bonnie Benesh, Change Consultant, Newton, Iowa
Bettye Bobroff, President, New Mexico ASCD,
Albuquerque, New Mexico
John W. Cooper, Assistant Superintendent for
Instruction, Canandaigua City School District,
Canandaigua, New York
Michael Dzwiniel, High School Chemistry Teacher,
Edmonton Public Schools, Alberta, Canada
LeRoy Hay, Assistant Superintendent for Instruction,
Wallingford Public Schools, Wallingford,
Connecticut
Sharon A. Lease, Deputy State Superintendent for
Public Instruction, Oklahoma State Department of
Education, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Leon Levesque, Superintendent, Maine School
Administrative District No. 16, Hallowell, Maine
Francine Mayfield, Principal, Clark County School
District, Las Vegas, Nevada
Raymond McNulty, Superintendent of Schools,
Windham Southeast Supervisory Union, Brattleboro,
Vermont
Robert L.Watson, High School Principal, Spearfish
40-2, Spearfish, South Dakota
Peyton Williams Jr., Deputy State Superintendent,
Georgia State Department of Education, Atlanta,
Georgia
Donald B. Young, Professor, Curriculum Research
& Development Group, University of Hawaii,
Honolulu, Hawaii