Teachers need not teach students how to lead, only to let them lead. Recommendations to US Dept of Ed and Congress to support restructuring middle schools and high schools to facilitate more student voice and incorporate principles of positive youth development. Establish local youth councils. Build a systemic youth voice. There is a role for both.
Community service is a component of service-learning.
Include questions on service learning in high stakes testing throughout the country. If you would like to share your ideas about what is vitally important to the future of service-learning, please contact us . Be sure to select the National Commission on Service-Learning in the topic area. During part of the Forum, participants reported from their tables, first in themes, then on any topic they chose. It is difficult to do service-learning when there is so much demand on standardized tests.