Regional Service Learning Network

Educators and community-service programs across the country continue to discover that service learning is a useful strategy that offers unique opportunities to engage young people in service activities that renew or develop their “ethic of civic responsibility.” Research suggests that participants of quality service-learning programs exhibit improved civic skills and attitudes, a sense of responsibility for helping others, acceptance of diversity, and a lasting commitment to volunteering and other forms of civic participation. At the same time, service learning can prove useful in helping to achieve national, and in many cases, state civic-educational standards.

In Region 11 – Los Angeles County, the network provides support, training, and technical assistance to build capacity for school-based service-learning among schools, colleges, businesses, and community-based organizations throughout Los Angeles County.