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Youth Engaged in Communities Through School: National Service-Learning Leader Schools
OverviewAccording to the Department of Education, over one-third of the high schools in the United States include some form of service-learning in their curric…
Deepening Partnerships Between School and Community: Stories From Denver and Jacksonville
OverviewCommunity Schools have been developed by communities with a deep concern about improving learning for their children, explained Martin J. Blank, Staff …
Mobilizing Community Support for Improved Student Achievement
OverviewWithout the support of the community, public educational institutions do not receive the funding that they need to remain vibrant learning centers for …
Raising the Bar: The Promise of Standards-Based Education Reform
OverviewThe standards-based movement has had some time to develop in state and federal education policy and has come under fire from various critics along the …
Financing Out-of-School Time and Community School Initiatives
OverviewIn order to inform youth practitioners and policymakers about the various sources of funding for after-school activities, AYPF coordinated a panel disc…
Increasing Student Achievement Through the Arts
OverviewWith a growing emphasis on standardized testing as an assessment of academic achievement and advancement in high schools, teachers have been pressured …