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Joining Forces for Good: Middle School/High School Collaboration
Middle school and high school students collaborate on a hands-on service-learning project.
The transition to or from middle school can be smooth for some, but those of us who serve in a middle school know just how stressful these moves can be for a large percentage of our students. Students worry about...
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Vonda Beavers
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Spotlight on Lead2Feed
We asked Debby Dodge, grant manager for Lead2Feed/Lift a Life Foundation, a series of questions about the important part service learning and common vision play in developing caring, compassionate young...
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AMLE
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Young Adolescent Development
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Community Involvement
Top middle level volunteers share their stories of service
The Prudential Spirit of Community Awards is proud to recognize middle level students every year, in every state, for helping their communities through volunteer service. The Association for Middle Level Education is...
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Prudential Spirit of Community Awards
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Family and Community
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Service Learning
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Weaving STEM, Exploration, and Community Service
There is an epidemic plaguing our country. It's creeping through our communities and into many of our schools. It's not the flu. It's the number of young people who are dropping out of school at alarming rates,...
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Alyssa Hawkins and Scott Richardson
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Bringing Learning to Life Through Service
Society faces pressing problems on many fronts today. Economic crises mean more families require assistance to meet basic needs, environmental degradation contributes to natural disasters, and disparities in...
Author:
Jim Kielsmeier
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The Neighborhood STEM School: Creating a Better World
How will you make the world better? This question challenges every member of the Preston Middle School community and serves as the foundation for everything we do. Preston Middle School is a school of science,...
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Tracey Winey and John Howe
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Service-Learning: The Time Is Now
Have you noticed the groundswell of volunteerism during the past few years? In 2006 alone, 60 million Americans dedicated 8.1 billion hours of service to community organizations. More recently, President Obama has...
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Cathryn Berger Kaye
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Research Summary
Service-learning is a teaching and learning method that connects meaningful, community service experiences with academic learning, personal growth, and civic responsibility (Shumer & Duckenfield, 2004). Learning...
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Shirley Theriot
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Teaching Student Leadership in an Inner-City School
Leadership training for youth is an investment in our present and future. Yet providing effective training can be challenging in terms of time and curriculum—especially in high-poverty communities, as we...
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Joél Lewis, Monica Hunter, and André Green
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