Service-learning benefits all students who participate, and helps them to strengthen academic skills. By identifying community needs and developing projects to meet those needs, students engage in critical thinking, and apply what they've learned in the classroom to real life situations.
Research shows that service-learning improves student attendance, grades and conduct.
If you need a concise overview of service-learning, look no further. The Kellogg Foundation has recently released a new resource, Teaching to Serve, Serving to Learn , an excellent introduction to service-learning. Teaching to Serve, Serving to Learn provides a concise overview of service-learning along with descriptions of initiatives around the country. It offers examples of how young people are becoming successful students and active citizens through service-learning as well as the latest research and program developments in the field. Teaching to Serve, Serving to Learn also includes quotes from General Colin Powell, Senator John Glenn, Senator Edward M. Kennedy along with a number of service-learning practitioners.