Growing to Greatness 2005: The State of Service-Learning Report

Growing to Greatness is the first comprehensive national study of the state of service-learning in kindergarten through 12th grade. It documents the unfolding story of service-learning, providing information to improve implementation, inform public policy, and give a clear picture of the many ways young people contribute to society. This second year report features a host of articles by service-learning experts, along with profiles of community-based organizations and service-learning activity in 21 states. Highlights include Howard Gardner on the ways young professionals become committed to quality work and ethical standards, Rob Shumer on the seminal service-learning studies that have advanced the field, the Search Institute on links between service-learning and academic achievement in high-poverty schools, Richard Bradley on studies that capture service-learning's scale, scope, and impact on the state level, Lori Vogelgesang, of the UCLA Higher Education Research Institute, on the most recent findings of the Freshman Survey, one of the few longitudinal studies that measure the longer-term impact of service-learning, and a special 15th-anniversary look at Learn and Serve America.