Huff Post Article: Educating Through Service
Posted by on August 13, 2012
Educating Through Service
by Alex Wirth
Member, State Farm Youth Advisory Board
This weekend, I along with 29 other young people will give away five million dollars. Our goal: to help solve our nation’s education problem by integrating service into the school curriculum.
Academic service-learning is a teaching method where teachers work with students to research a community problem and then attempt to solve it with community service, using concepts aligned with state standards. It is a practice that addresses two of the leading education problems and creates better citizens.
Read more at: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/alex-wirth/educating-through-service_b_1731601.html
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