“We look forward togleaning their best practices and promoting those lessons with other districtsand key policymakers.”Later this fall, NCLC will convene key staff members from the ten schools inDenver. The objective will be to help schools more fully integrate, share andsupport service-learning policies. “While there are many fine examples of school-based service-learning programsin the country, these 10 stood out and were selected because of theirexpertise in integrating and sustaining service-learning in school settings,”notes ECS’ NCLC Executive Director JoAnn Henderson. State Farm(R) and NCLCshare the goal of enhancing the knowledge, skills and will of educationpolicymakers and leaders to increase state and district policies reflectingthe components of quality service-learning. In return, schools will be asked to test and learn fromleadership strategies that integrate and sustain quality service-learning forall students to succeed in school and in their communities.This initiative is supported with a grant from the State Farm CompaniesFoundation, building on NCLC efforts over eight years to support, encourageand reward sustainability of quality service-learning.

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