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Working At Learning, Education Week May 1996

Working At Learning, Education Week

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School-to-work, community service, and service-learning programs teach students to learn by doing. But are schools the right place for them?


Becoming People Who Find Solutions, Eli J. Segal Apr 1995

Becoming People Who Find Solutions, Eli J. Segal

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I asked a young boy in Maine why he thought spending six hours a month in a homeless shelter was an important part of his 5th-grade lessons. "Because I used to think that homeless people were really different and frightening," he said. "Now I know that a lot of homeless people are like me inside, but things didn't work out for them somehow. I'm learning about what they need."