Service-Learning Australia

Can Service-Learning Help Reduce the Achievement Gap?  New Research Points Toward the Potential of Service-Learning for Low-Income Students. (PDF, 214 KB)
By Peter C. Scales, Ph.D., and Eugene C. Roehlkepartain, Search Institute, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Excerpted from “Growing to Greatness 2005.” National Youth Leadership Council.

This article looks at research that offers correlational evidence that service-learning may be particularly beneficial educationally for low income students and schools, making it an important, though overlooked, strategy for closing the achievement gap in schools.

Can Service-Learning Help Reduce the Achievment Gap.pdf