The names of the students mentioned have been changed for this story. In 2020, California’s State Board of Education adopted criteria and guidance to award a State Seal of Civic Engagement to students ...

Service and learning are deliberately and explicitly tied to the learning objectives of the course. The goal is to have students gain direct experience with problems or issues they are studying in ...

Global issues often play out locally. Service learning is a way students can engage in real-world issues while building the knowledge, skills, and experiences that will serve them throughout their ...

BETTY MEDINA LICHTENSTEIN used to dread the beginning of the school year, when students from colleges and universities around Holyoke, Mass., would descend on her tiny community organization, Enlace ...

Service learning is an educational program that integrates community service with classroom instruction to enhance learning, teach civic responsibility and strengthen communities. For the chemical ...

Service learning goes beyond volunteering or fundraising. It has explicit learning objectives and involves real-world skills and critical analysis. As service learning has taken root in schools and ...