Editing Service-learning (section)

=== In American education ===
In one early account, in the late 1960s federal monies were used for a service-learning internship model by the Southern Regional Education Board. By 1979 the same author claimed "service learning" was being used to describe a number of different volunteer actions and experiential education programs.<ref name="Sigmon1979">{{cite journal |last=Sigmon |first=Robert |date=Spring 1979 |title=Service-Learning: Three Principles |url=http://critical.tamucc.edu/~wiki/uploads/AWebb/sl3p.pdf |journal=Synergist |language=en |pages=9–11 |access-date=November 5, 2016}}</ref> From 1995 to 1997, 458 universities received grants from the [[AmeriCorps|Corporation for National Service]] under the ''Learn and Serve Higher Education'' scheme (see [[Learn and Serve America]]), helping create 3,000 new service-learning courses with an average of more than 60 students per course.<ref name="Eyler 1999">{{cite book|last1=Eyler|first1=Janet|last2=Giles Jr.|first2=Dwight E.|title=Where's the Learning in Service-Learning|year=1999|publisher=Jossey-Bass|edition=1st|location=San Francisco|isbn=978-0-470-90746-7|url=https://archive.org/details/whereslearningin00eyle|url-access=registration}}</ref> In 1992, Maryland and the District of Columbia adopted statewide service-learning requirements for high school graduation.<ref>{{cite web|title=Graduation Requirements|url=http://archives.marylandpublicschools.org/msde/programs/servicelearning/docs/requirements.htm|website=Maryland Department of Education}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=DCPS Community Service Guide 2011–2012|url=http://cfo.dc.gov/sites/default/files/dc/sites/dcps/publication/attachments/DCPS%20Community%20Service%20Guide%20SY11-12%20FINAL.pdf|website=District of Columbia Public Schools|access-date=7 November 2016}}</ref>  In 2014 The National Center for Learning and Civic Engagement surveyed all states for their service-learning policies.<ref>{{cite web | url =http://ecs.force.com/mbdata/mbquest3RTE?Rep=SL1301 | title =High School Graduation Requirement or Credit toward Graduation – Service-Learning/Community Service | date =January 2014 | publisher =Education Commission of the States (ECS) | access-date =November 5, 2016}}</ref> However, while service-learning was well-established in American higher education institutions by 2008, it was to be found in less than 30% of K–12 schools according to Furco and Root.<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Furco |first1=Andrew |last2=Root |first2=Susan |last3=Furco |first3=Anthony |date=2010 |title=Research Demonstrates the Value of Service Learning |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/27755635 |journal=The Phi Delta Kappan |volume=91 |issue=5 |pages=16–20 |doi=10.1177/003172171009100504 |jstor=27755635|issn=0031-7217|url-access=subscription }}</ref>