Continuance

Continuance is a quarterly newsletter funded by the Illinois Board of Higher Education. It is a collaborative project of the 23 Higher Education Cooperation Act partners in Illinois

Table of Contents

• FRONT PAGE

• EDITORIAL

• WHOOSH! NEW PARTNERSHIP HITS ILLINOIS 1 (Pg. 2 & 3)
  • Leaders work together to improve education

• WHOOSH! NEW PARTNERSHIP HITS ILLINOIS 2 (Pg. 4 & 5)
  • Three boards share responsibility for improving education
  • College-ready kids
  • Classroom-ready teacher
  • Log-on learning
  • P-16 partnership convenes historic meeting on classroom-ready teachers

• SERVICE LEARNING 1 (Pg. 6 & 7)
  • What is service learning? Is it skill to school reform?
  • Building a Civic Sense through Service Learning
  • Sorting the Tangled Web of Service Learning

• SERVICE LEARNING 2 (Pg. 8 & 9)
  • John Dewey and the beginnings of service learning
  • Center for Dewey Studies

• SERVICE LEARNING 3 (Pg. 10 & 11)
  • Teaching begins with Middle School students
  • It's never too early to begin service
  • Learn and serve facts

• SERVICE LEARNING 4 (Pg. 12 & 13)
  • Service learning improves learning in higher education
  • View from Presidents and Chancellors

• SERVICE LEARNING 5 (Pg. 14 & 15)
  • City Colleges gearing up for service learning
  • Chicago public schools embraces service learning

• THE NEW DEPUTY GOVERNOR FOR EDUCATION (Pg. 16 & 17)
  • Dr. Hazel Loucks

• SERVICE LEARNING WORKS 1 (Pg. 18 & 19)
  • Students Serving Seniors
  • Students Speak
    • Don't wait to make a difference

• SERVICE LEARNING WORKS 2 (Pg. 20 & 21)
  • Students Speak
    • Fourth-graders from Normal convince senior citizens they should come to their schools
    • Walking behind the parade, picking up the trash
    • Preparing for the GED through the eyes of a tutor

• SERVICE LEARNING WORKS 3 (Pg. 22 & 23)
  • Evidence of Service Learning Impact
  • Comments from Service Learning Experts

• SOLUTION ACROSS GENERATION 1 (pg. 24 & 25)
  • Retiring is a new challenge with opportunities to give back

• SOLUTION ACROSS GENERATION 2 (pg. 26 & 27)
  • Citizens forum on Social Security
  • Envisioning the future in an aging society
  • Options for Social Security reform

• SOLUTION ACROSS GENERATION 3 (pg. 28 & 29)
  • After-school Programs: How can we meet the demand?
  • Illinois school aged Child Care Network
  • Chicago MOST

• SOLUTION ACROSS GENERATION 4 (pg. 30)
  • What people in Illinois say about their Public Schools

• RESOURCES (pg. 31 & 32)
  • National Service Learning Clearinghouse
  • K-12 resources

• COMING 1999 AND BACK PAGE