Sentences with phrase «benefits of civic engagement»

As the weather warms along with the political calendar, it's time for us to get on our high horse and tout the benefits of civic engagement.

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The organizations and agencies listed in the Directory offer a wide variety of programs and services, including ESL and civics classes, citizenship assistance and legal advice, public benefits and health insurance access, employment training and job placement, youth activities and senior centers, and immigrant rights and civic engagement projects.

Service Learning To promote the benefits of combining classroom instruction, experiential learning, and civic engagement, TwHP suggests activities, highlights case studies, and provides other resources on the topic of service learning.

This amounted to a return of more than $ 2 for every taxpayer dollar spent and a social return of nearly $ 4 for every dollar spent.13 The social return included benefits such as improved skills and human capital, greater lifetime civic engagement, lower delinquency and criminal activity, and even improved health status for volunteers.14 Cost - benefit analyses of more than 50 individual AmeriCorps programs have yielded similar results.15

These educational benefits stretch across many realms of student learning and development, including academic achievement, social and interpersonal skills, workplace preparation, and civic engagement.

Diverse learning environments benefit all students, and the benefits stretch across many realms of student learning and development, including academic achievement, social and interpersonal skills, workplace preparation, and civic engagement.

There is also a mounting body of evidence indicating that desegregated schools are linked to important benefits for all children, including prejudice reduction, heightened civic engagement, more complex thinking and better learning outcomes in general.