The Book
1Of the People, By the People, For the People
A National K-12 Service Learning Initiative
Author Sandy McKane’s research into service learning over the past ten years has culminated in a comprehensive outline of what it would look like to implement a national K-12 service learning initiative in our school system. Her book, “Of The People, By The People, For The People: A National K-12 Service Learning Initiative,” makes the case for why including the youngest Americans in leadership roles will have short- and long-term effects on our global community.
The book, available for purchase, can be read in its entirety online, in the subsequent pages.
Contents
Foreword by Senator James L Seward
A Plethora of Outstanding Projects
Service Learning: The Inclusion of Our Children
Food2Share: A Service Learning Project
A National K-12 Service Curriculum
Specific Models in Specific Grades
Kindergarten: Caring for Animals
Second Grade: Violence Intervention Safe House Gift Bags
Third Grade: Sister City – A Global Service Learning Component
Fourth Grade: Disabilities Awareness
Sixth Grade: Recycling and Zero Waste
A K-12 Service Learning Journal
Schools at the Center of Our Communities
National and Community Checklists
Incorporating New Information and Projects
A Common Heritage of Civic Engagement
THIS IS AN OUTSTANDING BOOK! MS. SANDY MCKANE HAS CREATED A LOCAL, STATE, NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL BLUEPRINT ON WHY AND HOW TO ESTABLISH “A NATIONAL K – 12 SERVICE INITIATIVE”. AFTER MORE THAN A DECADE OF INTENSIVE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT, SHE HAS DEMONSTRATED, BY SUCCESSFUL SERVICE EXAMPLES AND EXPERT INFORMATION, THE TRUE SERVICE ESSENCE FOR:
“OF THE PEOPLE, BY THE PEOPLE, FOR THE PEOPLE”.
I HAVE READ THIS POWERFUL AND ENLIGHTENING BOOK SEVERAL TIMES. AND EACH READING HAS GIVEN ME GREATER INSIGHT ON THE MYRIAD NEEDS FOR IMPLEMENTING THE ACTION STEPS CLEARLY PRESENTED IN THIS SERVICE INITIATIVE PRIMER. WITHOUT QUESTION, I RECOMMEND STRONGLY THIS PRAGMATIC GUIDE –
RESEARCHED AND WRITTEN WITH HIGHEST ACADEMIC QUALITY – FOR ADOPTION IN
THE EDUCATION CURRICULA/CURRICULUM OF ALL/EACH PUBLIC AND PRIVATE COLLEGE/UNIVERSITY IN THE UNITED STATES….AS WELL AS SIMILAR GLOBAL EDUCATIONAL TRAINING FOR SERVICE INITIATIVES.
Robert S. Morrissey, Ed.D.
Dean Emeritus of Graduate Studies And Research
State University of New York at Oneonta
Oneonta, NY 13820-1437