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	Switch It Up! Engaging School Administrators in Service-Learning The Administrators Academy focuses on supporting the needs of superintendents, principals, directors, service-learning coordinators, and other administrators.


		The 20th Annual National Service-Learning Conference: Growing Hope, Cultivating Change May 21, 2008 Join us in Nashville, Tenn., for The 20th Annual National Service-Learning Conference at the Nashville Convention Center, March 18-21, 2009!


		Get Involved: Run for Peace and Nominate Someone for the Brower Youth Awards May 9, 2008 Don't let the conclusion of The National Service-Learning Conference, Global Youth Service Day, or the school year stop your community involvement. Here are a few ways you can stay involved.


		Interview with Kathy Havens Payne, Director of Education Leadership, State Farm® May 9, 2008 Throughout NYLC’s 25th Anniversary year, we will be posting reflections from individuals who have supported the organization and service-learning movement. The series kicks off with an interview of Kathy Havens Payne, Director of Education Leadership at State Farm, a lead funder of NYLC. Continue to check back for additional reflections from service-learning practitioners, evaluators, supporters, and friends, as well as from NYLC President/CEO Jim Kielsmeier and NYLC Vice President Wokie Weah.


		The 19th Annual National Service-Learning Conference: What a Success! May 8, 2008 It is hard to believe The 19th Annual National Service-Learning Conference: Youth for a Change began one month ago today. Experience a few of the many highlights from the conference including mp3s of Archbishop Tutu's plenary address.


		In Memory of YAC Member Evan Dalgaard April 21, 2008 We are sad to share the news that NYLC Youth Advisory Council member Evan Dalgaard was killed in a head-on collision early Saturday morning, April 19, in Illinois, on his way home to Kirkwood, Mo.


		Service-Learning Effective in Dropout Prevention April 1, 2008 Service-learning is gaining momentum as a promising strategy for dropout prevention in April, with the launch of a new national campaign to keep young people in high school and the release of powerful new research that shows service-learning’s effectiveness in helping young people stay in school.


		In Memory of NYLC Coworker Bernard Gill April 12, 2008 We are saddened by the loss of Bernard Gill, our NYLC co-worker and friend, who died unexpectedly Thursday, April 10. He was the dedicated father of three girls, and a son, Geoffrey, who is a member of NYLC's Youth Advisory Council.


		K-12 Service-Learning Standards for Quality Practice April 4, 2008 In Growing to Greatness 2007, we presented the Principles of Effective Practice. This year, we celebrate the collective work of many communities around the country in refining those original principles and translating them into the new K-12 Service-Learning Standards for Quality Practice.


		Toward a Comprehensive Service-Learning Research Agenda April 4, 2008 NYLC's Growing to Greatness: The State of Service-Learning Project's primary goal is the systematic and ongoing exploration of service-learning scope, scale, and impacts. To address these questions, NYLC engaged a group of leaders from service-learning and youth development fields in two strategy sessions. Find out what we learned.

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