Advancing Youth Academic Success, School Engagement, and International Leadership through Service-Learning

Taking as its starting point a recent report from the New Commission on the Skills of the American Workforce, this article argues that student academic achievement is not determined solely by classroom experiences, but also requires that schools nurture student development across social, personal, civic, and career domains. It also shows how service-learning has great promise as a strategy for educating the whole child. (Growing to Greatness 2007)

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