Educators Blend Divergent Schools of Thought

Jay Matthews:

In the first year of the YES College Preparatory School, community service was as important as reading, writing and mathematics. The public charter school's name stands for Youth Engaged in Service, and its mostly low-income students moved through city neighborhoods like young social workers, practicing their academic skills by collecting information on bus routes, health clinics and many other real-world topics.

Posted by Jim Zellmer at May 10, 2006 5:53 AM
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