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The loss of a parent to incarceration has a tremendous impact in the life of a child. For adolescents who are dealing with other difficult life issues, having a safe way to express their thoughts and...
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A partnership between a popular bakery chain and schools in low-income areas of the United Kingdom ensures children receive a healthy breakfast to start the day, while the bakery is able to promote a...
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With adult mentoring and community support, an after school program in Franklin County, Ohio focuses on encouraging at-risk junior high school youth to make positive life choices —...
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School administrators in Boyd County, Kentucky coordinated a multi-district method for students to promote character education and become volunteers. Middle and high school students from three school...
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In working to support youth success there often exists a gap between schools, families, and communities that could be bridged by creating partnerships among members of these groups. This effective...
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In Philadelphia's poorest neighborhoods, faith-based institutions, supplied with funding, pedagogy, and training from Public/Private Ventures (P/PV), promote literacy while enhancing their ability to...
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Creating an effective service project or service-learning program requires careful planning. This effective practice describes ten steps that teachers, parents, after-school providers and those who...
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Pulling it Together: A Method for Developing Service-Learning and Community Partnerships Based in Critical Pedagogy is a guide to creating service-learning programs and activities that are developed...
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Technology education works best when students are given a hands-on setting. Oftentimes alternative students learn better through this type of experiential education, rather than from lectures and...
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Monroe Community College in Rochester, New York, addresses public safety in the campus neighborhood through a service-learning collaboration between criminal justice college students and community...
