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Progress Towards Institutionalization
Considering these data, the states can be organized into three categories of progress towards institutionalization. While these
subjective distinctions are based in part on the number of strategies they have used, the author placed more emphasis on the types of
strategies used and how effectively they appear to have worked. States with an * are some of the participants in the Learning In Deed
pilot program.
No state has completely infused service-learning into its entire state educational system. Maryland is very close, not because of
the mandatory graduation requirement but because of the infrastructure and capacity-building systems in place which improve quality
of practice.
CAPACITY- # of # of WIDESPREAD USE # of # of SYSTEMIC # of # of
BUILDING Categories Strategies AND SUPPORT Categories Strategies INTEGRATION Categories Strategies
Alabama 4 8 Colorado 7 14 California* 14 38
Alaska 0 0 District of Columbia 12 12 Indiana 11 25
Hawaii 3 4 Florida 5 11 Maryland 16 45
Idaho 4 6 Kentucky 9 13 Massachusetts 9 29
Montana 3 6 New Mexico 8 31 Minnesota* 7 9
Rhode Island 8 11 Texas 9 18 South Carolina* 8 15
West Virginia 7 12 Vermont 12 17
Wisconsin 9 21
State System Highlights
Alabama: provides 30 large grants which in turn support over 100 projects; offers professional development to the 30 grantees twice
annually, and they in turn provide training for the schools and districts; publishes an annual article in the Alabama Education
Association Journal, which reaches 80,000 people; developed a partnership with the University of Alabama to develop assessment
tools; service-learning is integrated into Title I, IV, and VI; sponsors an annual conference.
Alaska: has had no Learn and Serve grant or state-level support, though that will be changing next year; Sitka School District has
directly received federal funds, and has a fully infused approach which includes a policy, links to all high school English classes, a
resource guide, and partnerships with Community Schools, 21st Century Learning Centers, and AmeriCorps.
California: one of the Learning In Deed pilot states, it allocates three-year Learn and Serve grants to districts, not schools; offers
sustainability grants to experienced districts; authored extensive superintendent’s service-learning task force report; have 12 regional
centers with peer mentors and a stakeholders network; funding partnership with school-to-careers; published guide on Title IV and
service-learning; service-learning is one of the compliance review system measurables, which facilitates strategizing about servicelearning
integration; features major non-profit state partner.
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