Time to Serve, a Time to Learn, (A): Theoretical Framework for Growing to Greatness

This chapter includes on overview of the key assumptions and principles for the Growing to Greatness initiative. Also included are a discussion on strategies of engagement that are relevant to young people in 2005. The author points out that young people in 2005 are not part of economic life as they once were - which can lead to a lack of purpose, meaning, and direction. Service-learning, national service, and youth development programs, argues the author, are the standard-bearers for structural responses to systemic adolescent disengagement, wasted capacity, and missed learning opportunities.