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Vermont: has outgrown need for state coordinator (responsibilities are shared by other staff); has school improvement network;
service-learning is linked to educational reform planning; linked service-learning to state standards; conducting longitudinal research
on effective practice; supports service-learning via rural education partnership; has connected service-learning to state school-to-work
plan and funds.
West Virginia: produced a book of lesson plans, based on successful Learn and Serve projects with high-risk students, which are
linked to educational content standards; produced a book on service-learning reflection; students receive annual leadership training
and serve as trainers for other students at those events; has state Youth Action Council to assist with grantmaking.
Wisconsin: state task force on civic education led to inclusion of service-learning in state standards; revised curriculum guides to
include examples of how service-learning can fulfill competencies; has regional centers and VISTA members assigned to them for
Title I and literacy integration with service-learning; sponsoring major tri-state initiative; linked service-learning to character
education and Title IV; provides training for prospective subgrantees; has leveraged school-to-work funds.
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