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- Advancing an Urban Mission: The West Baltimore Pre-K to 16 Urban Education Corridor (2006)
- Case Study: The Integration of Community Service-Learning into the Curriculum by an Interdisciplinary Team of Teachers at an Urban Middle School (1992)
- Challenge from Within: A National Commission on University-Community Interaction to Harness the Potential of America's Cities (1993) (PDF)
- Community Service within Urban Diversity: a Case Study with a Political Message (1982)
- Creating a New Beginning: Youth Speak Out on Race and Ethnicity in Metropolitan Detroit (2005) (PDF)
- Educating Citizens: Civic Engagement and the Urban/Metropolitan University (2006)
- Education and Urban Society: Learning By Serving and Doing (1996)
- Enriching School Connection and Learning in African American Urban Youth: The Impact of a Service-Learning Feasibility Project in Inner-City Philadelphia (1996)
- Ethical Issues and Questions For Service-Learning Faculty and Administrators In Urban Universities (2003)
- From Community Service to Service-Learning: The Chicago Public Schools Experience (2006) (HTML)
- Great Cities-Great Service Consortium: Preliminary Assessment Report: Academic Years 2007-2008 and 2008-2009 (2009) (PDF)
- In Their Element: Urban Youth Find More Than Just Tutoring in an After-School Program (2004)
- Investigating Urban Community Needs: Service Learning from a Social Justice Perspective (1996)
- John Dewey and the Rebuilding of Urban Community: Engaging Undergraduates as Neighborhood Organizers (2000) (HTML)
- Lessons Learned About Service-Learning: Voices of Experience About Urban Service-Learning in Saint Paul Public Schools (2001)
- Toward More Transformative Service-Learning: Experiences From an Urban Environmental Problem-Solving Class (1999) (HTML)
- Urban Service-Learning: An Authentic Teaching Strategy to Deliver a Standards-Driven Curriculum (2007)
- Service Learning for Urban Youth: Joining Classroom and Community (1992)
- Service-Learning and School-to-Work Strategies for Revitalizing Urban Education And Communities (1996)
- Undergraduate Research in Distressed Urban Communities: An Undervalued Form of Service Learning (1994)
- The Use of Service Learning to Promote Understanding of Gang Related Issues Faced by Adolescents (1999)
- Using Environmental Service-Learning in an Urban Environment to Address Water Quality Issues (2006) (PDF)
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