Service learning gets a boost.

Service learning gets a boost. The why's of service learning--which include motivatingstudents to learn and helping them become productive citizens--havecertainly been touted by many a teacher. The Education Commission of theStates The Education Commission of the States (ECS) was founded as a result of the creation of the Compact for Education, supported by all 50 states and approved by Congress in 1965. The original idea of establishing an interstate compact on education and creating an operational arm to follow up has received a grant to focus on the "how." ECS's National Center for Learning and Citizenship citizenshipRelationship between an individual and a state in which the individual owes allegiance to the state and in turn is entitled to its protection. In general, full political rights, including the right to vote and to hold public office, are predicated on citizenship. is usingthe State Farm Companies Foundation grant to help states developpolicies that sustain high-quality professional development for servicelearning and to promote vision and stronger leadership for servicelearning among education leaders and policymakers. The center's efforts include: * Creating an electronic policy database that identifies stateservice-learning Service-learning is a method of teaching, learning and reflecting that combines academic classroom curriculum with meaningful service, frequently youth service, throughout the community. As a teaching methodology, it falls under the category of experiential education. policies and allows comparisons across states * Identifying key characteristics of effective service-learningprofessional development programs * Examining how current state policies support (or fail to support)training programs * Hosting national and state forums to show how state policies cannurture NURTURE. The act of taking care of children and educating them: the right to the nurture of children generally belongs to the father till the child shall arrive at the age of fourteen years, and not longer. Till then, he is guardian by nurture. Co. Litt. 38 b. service-learning programs through teacher professionaldevelopment.