Service Learning
School & District Management
Report Roundup
Service Learning
Students involved in service-learning programs report being more interested in their coursework and better motivated to do well in school, a report says.
Teaching
Report Roundup
National-Service Programs
National-service programs are an effective way to solve the problems facing today’s society, says a study by the Center for American Progress.
Education
Report Roundup
Service Learning
High school students who take part in community service, both voluntarily and to fulfill a school requirement, are more likely to vote and volunteer as adults, a report concludes.
Teaching
Student Council Project Aims to Encourage Civic Activism
A National Association of Student Councils project aims to train educators and students to improve their schools.
School Choice & Charters
Justices Decline Appeal on AmeriCorps’ Role in Religious Schools
The U.S. Supreme Court last week declined to rule on the constitutionality of federal AmeriCorps program grants that are paid to volunteers who teach in religious schools.
Teaching
Volunteers Get Taste of Ingredients to Be an Effective Teacher
David S. Berezin, a 40-year-old certified public accountant, can point to some notable successes from his two hours as a high school teacher here. But the Nov. 29 experience in the suburban Coral Gables community didn’t leave Mr. Berezin impressed with his skill. And that was the point of the Great American Teach-a-Thon.
Teaching
Opinion
Working Through Trauma
Two academics propose a posthurricane curriculum for Louisiana stressing the healing power of manual labor, service learning, and environmental study.
Federal
White House Convenes Discussion on Youths
Children need to be surrounded by caring adults, including teachers and mentors, to make better choices that lead to more successful adult lives, first lady Laura Bush told a group of educators, academics, children, and religious leaders at the White House Conference on Helping America’s Youth last week.
Teaching
Refugee Louisiana Principal Seeks Ways to Help Victims
When Donna Berggren, a principal from Jefferson County Parish, La., arrived in the Houston area late Sunday night after an 11-hour, bumper-to-bumper trek to escape the wrath of Hurricane Katrina, she did what she knows best.
Social Studies
Opinion
Educating Each Generation for Democracy
Preparing young people to be citizens requires us to embrace civic learning as a core purpose of education, write John Glenn and Marian Wright Edelman.
Education
Youth Service
To help U.S. students learn how to become more active citizens, a group of 20 educators and policymakers traveled to Scotland, where citizenship education is an integral part of the national curriculum.
Citizenship Abroad
To help U.S. students learn how to become more active citizens, a group of 20 educators and policymakers traveled to Scotland, where citizenship education is an integral part of the national curriculum.
Student Achievement
Play School
Fifth Dimension is a successful, global after-school program. But can it succeed in North Carolina?
Teaching
Md. Service Learning: Classroom Link Weak?
Maryland students are mucking out horse stalls, dancing in ballets, answering telephones, and ladling soup for the homeless in order to graduate from high school.
School Climate & Safety
Reporter's Notebook
- Construction Program, School Disaster Plans Covered at Conference
