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level of coordination and training without it. It is encouraging, however, to see so many schools and districts looking at how to
formalize the service-learning infrastructure. At the current pace of change, it is likely that hundreds of schools will achieve complete
service-learning institutionalization within the next few years.
INTRODUCTION
Why Look At Service-Learning Institutionalization?
Although service-learning has, in some form, always been a component of the educational process in America and other
nations, service-learning has been occurring as a high profile national teaching method since the mid-1980’s. With the passing of the
National and Community Service Trust Acts of 1990 and 1993, which provided federal funding for service-learning for the first time,
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