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Download full textDegelman, Charles, Ed. – Service-Learning Network, 1999
This theme issue of "Service-Learning Network" explores the fundraising process as it applies to students and educators who want to secure financial aid for a school or community program. The article, "Seeking Funding for School and Community Programs" (Charles Degelman; Debra Ballinger; Vickie J. Burt), surveys the search for…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Financial Support, Fund Raising, Interviews
Degelman, Charles, Ed. – Service-Learning Network, 2000
This theme issue explores the connection between service learning and standards-based education. In the lead article, "Service Learning and Standards: Are They Compatible?" (Brian Loney), an educator applies his extensive experience with Active Citizenship Today, a successful social studies service-learning program, to a representative set of…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Citizenship, Educational Practices, Elementary Secondary Education
Degelman, Charles, Ed. – Service-Learning Network, 2001
This issue of "Service Learning Network" examines a world where teachers, students, and community members break the age barrier in service to their communities. "Images of Intergenerational Service" (Paul Simon), offers images of intergenerational service from political and personal points of view. "The Gathering of…
Descriptors: Citizenship Education, Community Programs, Elementary Secondary Education, Intergenerational Programs
Rural Clearinghouse Digest, 1995
Service learning is a teaching tool in which students apply classroom skills to solve real problems in their communities. Community service becomes service learning when it is connected to classroom learning and contains opportunities for students to reflect upon their experiences. In addition to enhancing learning through experience, service…
Descriptors: Educational Benefits, Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education, Profiles
Degelman, Charles, Ed. – Service-Learning Network, 1999
This theme issue of "Service-Learning Network" explores some challenges and rewards of integrating service learning into school and community culture. The lead article, "Integrating Community Service Learning with School Culture" (Sheldon Berman), surveys the integration of community service learning in the culture of school…
Descriptors: Citizenship Education, Educational Change, Elementary Secondary Education, Program Implementation
Halsted, Alice L. – Midpoints, 1997
This article presents samples of imaginative programs that meld the fundamentals of the service learning methodology with individual learning and behavioral goals at the middle school level. The paper is divided into: (1) "What Do We Mean by Service Learning?"; (2) "The Fit between Service Learning and the Developmental Needs of Young…
Descriptors: Citizenship, Citizenship Education, Critical Thinking, Decision Making
Perkins-Gough, Deborah, Ed. – Successful School Practices, 2000
In this publication are three short articles on successful school practices. "Learning Is the Outcome; Test Scores Are Just the Measure" describes test-preparation efforts in Mesa, Arizona, public schools. The district has instituted a program to assist principals and teachers in aligning curriculum, instruction, and assessment, and in…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Accountability, Educational Methods, Elementary Secondary Education
Service Learning Resource Center, 1999
This document contains three issues, each containing one article, from the American Association of Community Colleges' Service Learning Resource Guide. The first article, "Service Learning and Curricular Integration" (Robert Exley), discusses service learning and curricular integration. It outlines several steps in implementing service learning…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Community Colleges, Ethics, Journal Writing
Peer reviewedParsons, Michael H., Ed.; Lisman, C. David, Ed. – New Directions for Community Colleges, 1996
Based on the idea that community colleges have a critical role in enhancing civic literacy through community-based programming and service learning, this volume provides descriptions of theoretical frameworks and practical models for incorporating community renewal into the college mission. The following articles are provided: (1) "Service…
Descriptors: Citizen Participation, College Role, Community Colleges, Community Services
Yaunches, Alison, Ed.; Loveland, Elaina, Ed. – Rural Roots, 2002
This document contains the six issues of "Rural Roots" published bimonthly in 2002. A newsletter of the Rural School and Community Trust, "Rural Roots" provides news, information, and commentary from the Rural Trust and highlights the wide variety of place-based education work happening in rural schools and communities across…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Elementary Secondary Education, Mexican American Education, Place Based Education
Benefits2, 1999
This is the first of a series of issue papers that discuss ways in which rural communities and schools can work together to guarantee their students the best education possible. By working together, rural schools and communities can not only improve education, but revitalize the entire community. The Southwest Educational Development Laboratory is…
Descriptors: Community Development, Elementary Secondary Education, Entrepreneurship, Partnerships in Education
Thomas, Nancy G., Ed. – Social Policy Report, 1999
This document is comprised of the four 1999 issues of a publication providing a forum for scholarly reviews and discussion of developmental research and its implications for the social policies affecting children. The topics of the issues are: (1) "Beyond 'Giving Science Away': How University-Community Partnerships Inform Youth Programs, Research,…
Descriptors: Children, Elementary Secondary Education, Fathers, Information Dissemination
Holland, Holly, Ed. – Middle Ground, 1995
These three 1995 newsletter issues explore concepts and problems relevant to middle-level education. The cover story for the spring issue examines new trends in educational assessment. Additional briefs in this issue discuss team teaching, school reform as a community-wide effort, and home-school collaboration. The cover article for the Fall issue…
Descriptors: Educational Assessment, Educational Change, Educational Testing, Integrated Activities
