Authenticity, not Hours

Sunday, 11. 30. 2008  –  Category: education, smart reading  –  No Comments

I’m really excited about this initiative within high schools to move away from quotas of volunteer hours and toward meaningful projects that impact those schools’ immediate communities. I can’t tell you how many college applications I’ve seen that yammer on and on about the value of community service, and yet the hundreds of hours those [...]


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