Reading Together, Learning Together
Minnesota -- Jean Priest’s alternative English class partnered with a kindergarten class from Laura Macarthur elementary school for 6 weeks in a reading skills exchange. Mrs. Priest’s students first introduced the kindergarten students to Denfeld High School by giving them a tour of the building. Next they went to the elementary school and read to them and had some of kindergarteners read to them… See the complete story.
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On the Front Lines of Schools: New Report by Civic Enterprises As a follow-up to its report three years ago on the dropout crisis in American public education, Civic Enterprises has released a new report that includes the views of teachers and administrators, perspectives missing from its first report. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| $300,000 in Grant Funds Available The U.S. Election Assistance Commission has made available up to $300,000 in grant funds for the first year of a two-year award to organize and administer mock elections for High School students. The application deadline is June 30, 2009 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time. Downloaded the funding notice. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Now Debate This Announces "The 100-Day Presidential Challenge" | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Service Reflection Toolkit This toolkit (490K pdf). Northwest Service Academy. The basics of what reflection is and sample questions, as well as information about the benefits of the process. Connecting Thinking and Action: Ideas for Service-Learning Reflection By the RMC Research Corporation. Reflection is one of the most powerful components of service-learning. This 104 page book helps educators by giving them ideas for connecting thinking and action in service-learning. Download a free copy (1190K pdf) or contact RMC Research Corporation for a print copy ($20) by calling 1-800-922-3636. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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K-12 Service-Learning Project Planning Toolkit (Updated Edition - 2009) The materials in this toolkit contain information about the 5 core components of a service-learning project: investigation, planning and preparation, the service activity, reflection, and demonstration/celebration. Also included are the K-12 Service-Learning Standard for Quality Practice.  | |||||||||||||||||||||||
 Information for Action: A Journal for Service-Learning Research with Children and YouthThe Journal is a peer-reviewed publication that features relevant, methodologically sound studies of service-learning impacts and examples of innovative instruction written by experts, scholars, practitioners, and youth. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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