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Middle school students who have been expelled from Metropolitan School District in Indianapolis are given the chance to reenter the district without falling behind in school. The non-traditional...
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Sandra Naughton's National Service Fellows report, Youth and Communities Helping Each Other: Community-Based Organizations Using Service-Learning as a Strategy During Out-of-School Time, offers...
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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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During summer break Foster Grandparents from the Mexia State School Foster Grandparent Program partnered with local city libraries to provide reading programs for children with special reading needs...
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Research has found that as girls enter adolescence their capacity to "find their own voice" and express their authentic selves conflicts with new social pressure to maintain tension-free...
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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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The transition from middle school to high school can be a difficult one for even the most "on track" students. It can pose some especially tough challenges for at-risk youth. In North Carolina,...
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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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My Corps Summer is a two-week program that gives special education high school students from the Philadelphia area the opportunity to gain valuable job and life skills and improve academic goals by...
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The Environmental Protection Agency's publication, Service-Learning: Education Beyond the Classroom, describes seven environmental conservation projects that schools and community groups have...
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The Environmental Protection Agency's publication, Service-Learning: Education Beyond the Classroom, describes five environmental conservation projects that schools and community groups have...
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The Environmental Protection Agency's publication, Service-Learning: Education Beyond the Classroom, describes five environmental conservation projects that schools and community groups have...
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The Washington Reading Corps was created in 1998 to provide intensive and immediate instruction to elementary students in schools with low reading assessment scores. The program is a unique service...
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By using recreation time as an incentive, after-school programs motivate students to complete their homework assignments. Athletes in Service AmeriCorps members have successfully implemented the...
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Older students often require guidance to complete homework assignments, but they are not receptive to traditional after-school programs. Homework stations empower students to take control of their...
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This excerpt from the book 150 Tested Strategies to Prevent Crime from Small Cities, Counties, and Rural Communities, highlights the practice of keeping schools open before and after school hours,...
