Engaged Education Now launch

Posted by on November 15, 2010

Engaged Education Now Coalition Launches

On November 11, a coalition of education and service-learning organizations launched Engaged Education Now, a campaign to improve academic achievement and school success by ensuring that all students have the opportunity to participate in service-learning. “We intend to unite teachers, students, families, businesses, and organizations across the United States to support engaged learning,” said Jim Kielsmeier, NYLC’s founder, CEO, and president. Kielsmeier is leading this new effort to mobilize support for engaged learning strategies within federal education legislation and policy, particularly the reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act. “We will work together to create a unified vision of the role service-learning plays in engaging all students and enhancing academic achievement,” said Kielsmeier. Engaged Education Now co-hosts include American Association of School Administrators, Campus Compact, Common Cents, NYLC, Points of Light Institute and HandsOn Network, State Farm Insurance, the University of Minnesota, and Youth Service America. An informational webinar on the campaign is scheduled for November 17, 11:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. Central Time. Register for the webinar today at http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/EngagedEducationNow

To learn more about this effort and sign up to be involved, visit http://www.nylc.org/een