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NYLC Welcomes 2012-13 Youth Advisory Council
Fourteen youth ages 14-18 from across the United States have been selected to serve on the National Youth Leadership Council’s Youth Advisory Council. Having gone through NYLC’s National Youth Leadership Training in July, these young people have been selected for their commitment to NYLC’s mission, their understanding of service-learning and the achievement gap, and their passion to improve the world around them.
From the Classroom to Capitol Hill
Last week, the National Youth Leadership Council hosted a public briefing to discuss how the Guilford County school district in Greensboro, North Carolina achieved high levels of academic success by implementing a character development and service-learning initiative. Three years after the initiative began the district has reduced the number of low-performing schools from ten to zero.
Students Take the Lead on Road Safety
Lectures and scare tactics by well-meaning adults have not yet transformed this nation’s teen drivers. According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, car crashes remain the leading cause of death for teenagers in America.
“Village” Helps Service-Learning and STEAM Thrive at St. Paul School
This article profiles Farnsworth Aerospace PreK-8 Magnet, one of the 25 schools selected to receive funding as part of the three-year Generator Go Green Initiative led by NYLC. A summary report of from the first two years of the program showed the promise of service-learning as an inquiry-oriented method of instruction. In both years, quality of the service-learning experience significantly predicted the extent of change in students’ environmental attitudes, efficacy, and behavior.
