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Challenging College Students' Assumptions about Community Service Tutoring.
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Bornstein, Jodi L. – Equity and Excellence in Education, 1993
Examines how faculty and student leaders in the Tutoring Enrichment Assistance Models for Schools (TEAMS) project, a community service project at the University of Massachusetts (Amherst) challenge assumptions that college students have about tutoring and promote new understanding of stereotypes, hierarchical group dynamics, and inequality in…
Descriptors: College Faculty, College Students, Community Programs, Equal Education
"Leave School and Learn": Seekonk High School's Independent Study Program.
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Anderson, Jay D. – Equity and Excellence in Education, 1993
Describes the Independent Study Program of Seekonk High School (Massachusetts), a program that allows students to leave school on a regular basis to volunteer within the community. Seniors choose a project and submit it for approval. Suggestions are given for implementing and sustaining such a program. (SLD)
Descriptors: Community Programs, Educational Change, High School Seniors, High Schools
Neighborhood Center Perspectives on Community Service Learning.
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Hargrove, Gordon P. – Equity and Excellence in Education, 1993
Describes the community service learning activities of the University Year for Action (UYA) program of the University of Massachusetts (Amherst) through Friendly House. Student volunteers from UYA and its successor program allowed Friendly House to go back to its settlement house roots in providing services. (SLD)
Descriptors: College Students, Community Centers, Community Programs, Higher Education
Community Service Learning at Putnam High School.
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Gonzalez, Juan; And Others – Equity and Excellence in Education, 1993
A male minority-group high school student and a teacher at Putnam High School in Springfield (Massachusetts) share experiences with community service learning (CSL) projects. A project facilitator describes the plans for implementing CSL throughout the city. (SLD)
Descriptors: Arbitration, Citizenship Education, Community Programs, High School Students
Service Learning: A Challenge to Do the Right Thing.
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MacNichol, Roland – Equity and Excellence in Education, 1993
Explores why community services learning (CSL) is the right thing to do for professional renewal, enrichment, and meaning. Examples are given from Gig Harbor High School (Washington). The role of CSL in changing school cultures is also examined. Service learning is a path to better ways to educate. (SLD)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Citizenship Education, Community Programs, Educational Change
Community Service Learning: One School's Story.
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Kelliher, Margaret F. – Equity and Excellence in Education, 1993
Describes community service learning (CSL) programs at Pottenger School, Springfield (Massachusetts). The kindergarten through grade-12 school, a literature-based whole-language school, integrates CSL into the curriculum through writing about student experiences. CSL projects have included feeding the homeless, corresponding with a soldier, and…
Descriptors: Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, Citizenship Education, Community Programs, Elementary Education
Excellence and Equity in Mathematics: Not a Zero-Sum Relationship.
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Ronau, Robert N. – Equity and Excellence in Education, 1993
Describes three educational efforts in Kentucky that address the issue of access to mathematics for all children: (1) Learning Algebra through Technology, Investigation, and Cooperative Experiences (LATTICE) (high schools); (2) the Kentucky K-4 Mathematics Specialist Project; and (3) Partnerships for Reform in Science and Mathematics (PRISM)…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Algebra, Cooperative Learning, Educational Change
How Would You Like to Visit a Nursing Home?
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Smilow, Peri – Equity and Excellence in Education, 1993
Describes the MAGIC ME program in which urban middle school students visit and form relationships with the elderly in nursing homes. The importance of meaningful long-term service is demonstrated through anecdotes of the interaction between students and older adults. MAGIC ME has a history of success in many communities. (SLD)
Descriptors: Child Development, Citizenship Education, Community Programs, Curriculum Development