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Youth Policy: The Monthly Report On National Youth Programs And Issues (October/November 1990), Youth Policy Institute
Youth Policy: The Monthly Report On National Youth Programs And Issues (October/November 1990), Youth Policy Institute
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This report features California Gets a "D"; 90% of American Students Don't Pass?; Volunteerism Up; Is Poverty a Reality in America?; and Girl Scouts: Programs Help Youth at Risk.
Congress Likely To Pass Kennedy's National Community Service Measure, The Committee On Labor And Human Resources
Congress Likely To Pass Kennedy's National Community Service Measure, The Committee On Labor And Human Resources
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A bill by Sen. Edward Kennedy (D-Mass.), the National and Community Service Act, S.1430, should have little trouble gaining congressional approval next session, unless President Bush's Points-of-Light Initiative can muster sufficient support within Congress to challenge it. Kennedy's proposal recently gained strength as a bipartisan effort when Sen. James Jeffords (R-Vt) and Sen. Arlen Specter (R-Pa.) signed on in mid-November as the 22nd and 23rd co-sponsors. Over twenty national service-related bills were introduced in the first session of the 101st Congress. Components of many of these bills ended up in S.1430, which further suggests that the bill stands very good …
Legal Issues In Combining Service And Learning, Michael B. Goldstein
Legal Issues In Combining Service And Learning, Michael B. Goldstein
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A basic guide to the legal issues involved in programs that combine educational goals with direct involvement in the community - essential reading for any program administrator. The term "school" is used throughout to indicate any educational institution -elementary, secondary, or postsecondary, public or private - which may sponsor a student service-learning program. The term "agency" denotes any public or private community-based organization which may provide work opportunities or training or supervision of students at work sites. Portions of this analysis of legal issues in internships and experiential learning first appeared in Legal Issues Resource Booklet, by Michael B. Goldstein …
Service-Learning Advances School Improvement: A Position Paper From The International Service Learning Initiative, Barbara Gomez
Service-Learning Advances School Improvement: A Position Paper From The International Service Learning Initiative, Barbara Gomez
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The base on which the United States is built is participatory democracy -achieved only when all citizens are included in choice and decision-making. Nothing could be worse for our nation than to have our children feel alienated from the communities in which they attend school. For more than 200 years the rest of the world has been watching our progress, and as we have succeeded they have made efforts to emulate our sense of individual freedom and collective responsibility for governance.