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ABCD books
(www.abcdbooks.org)
A place for literature and service learning connections.
Alameda County Office of
Education (www.acoe.k12.ca.us/apps/page.asp?Q=471&T=Pages)
Service learning is a teaching strategy that links school curriculum with service to the community. Read about examples of service learning, service
learning programs in Alameda County and training opportunities.
Edutopia--The
George Lucas Educational Foundation (http://glef.org/)
Edutopia documents and disseminates
models of the most innovative practices in our nation's K-12 schools.
Project-based and service learning resources are provided, as well as examples
of students who have excelled from this type of learning.
Learning In Deed
(www.learningindeed.org)
California is one of five states participating in the Learning In Deed Policy
and Practice Demonstration project. This initiative, launched in 1998 by the W.
K. Kellogg Foundation, aims to make service-learning part of every k-12 student's experience.
Los
Angeles County Office of Education (www.lacoe.edu/lacoeweb/orgs/228/index.cfm)
On this site you will find information and publications
about utilizing service learning as an instructional strategy to meet
educational goals and community needs while fostering a sense of civic
responsibility among young people.
Service Learning: Education Beyond the
Classroom (www.epa.gov/epaoswer/general/educate/svclearn.htm)
This booklet, provided by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, describes how students across the country are gaining hands-on
awareness of waste reduction, recycling and composting through solid waste service-learning
projects.
Youth Service California
(www.yscal.org)
YSCal promotes a statewide youth service movement that will lead to healthy
youth development, strengthened communities, and improved education in
California. YSCal informs, convenes, networks, and advocates for youth service
and service-learning programs.
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