Service learning, curriculum-linked community service, has proved remarkably effective in igniting students' desire to learn. In 1997, the Wisconsin Partnership in Service Learning was initiated as a cross-disciplinary, cross-institutional endeavor. Supported by a grant from Learn and Serve America, the partnership created a network throughout…

In 1997 the Education Commission of the States (ECS) created the Compact for Learning and Citizenship (CLC), an organization of state and district superintendents working to improve student learning through civic involvement and the use of volunteers. This issue paper provides an overview of service-learning, discussing impact, alignment with…

The connection between service and character is a natural fit in today's schools. An important fact of school reform in recent years has been the push to connect academics to the "real world." But while there is widespread agreement that educating students to become good citizens is crucial, there are differences on how to make that goal…

One of the learning activities used in general construction classes today is for students collectively to build a house. Organizing, planning, and obtaining good school community cooperation are essential to such a project. Financing, land purchase, tools, insurance, and safety standards should all be integrated in the planning. (DS)

A short, functional dialogue about two Mexican-Americans and an adult community education program in Douglas, Arizona. In Spanish with an English translation. (Author/DN)

Describes a community-based adult school designed to allow residents of the community an opportunity to develop their own interests. (DN)

Describes and analyzes an innovative learning program in which first-year graduate social work students were assigned to distinct neighborhoods to use for experientially learning about social welfare, social work, and the consumers of the services. (Editor)

The proposed contiguous model of applied experience woven with planned didactic sequences meets most of the professional training needs of school psychologists enrolled in the University of South Carolina Training Program. The student in the doctoral program will have acquired fundamental skills in four important areas of school psychology;…

One reason the schools aren't working, according to one of the nation's most experienced administrators, is that their governance is all awry. A forthright-and simple- proposal for reform. (Editor)

The rapid growth of junior colleges is due to the accessibility and the services that they offer to the community. (MF)

A multi-pronged approach that includes involvement of sponsoring groups and service organizations both governmental and non-governmental agencies in planning; sectoral approach with consideration of economic and social activities; team work of adult educators; recruitment and training of literacy teachers and preparation and distribution of…

An interview with John Bremer, director of the Parkway Program; illustrated. (RD)

Defines drug problem as a community problem and advocates total community interest and involvement, including youth, in mobilizing resources for solutions to the problem. (KJ)

This paper describes a potential supplement to new or existing community health programs. Title I of Public Law 89 750, the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, provides innovative and remedial educational programs for children in poverty areas. It encourages the inculsion of health components which can readily be incorporated into community…