Hooking Out-of-School Youth Through Service Learning

Part of the series Linking Learning With Life, out-of-school youth as young are defined as those aged 16-26 who are not formally enrolled in elementary, secondary, or post secondary education and have not completed their education. The booklet considers the reasons why traditional education has failed this group, describes types of programs that are recapturing students (full service community schools, adult learning centers, communities in schools, and AmeriCorps), and includes suggestions for program planners (including school infrastructures, partnerships and connections, teacher training, and high quality service-learning). (SH)