FROM SERVICE TO ENGAGEMENT
"We want our [independent school] students to understand the challenges that
confront urban America because they understand them from the inside out."
Ann Klotz, Head of School, Laurel School, Shaker Heights, Ohio
Independent schools have significantly increased their public purpose commitments over the past decade. Their initiatives carry them beyond community service to broader engagement with their communities.
Why? The reasons vary, but include a moral commitment to serve the community, a desire to teach students how to live and work in a multicultural world, and an acknowledgment that continuing as we are is unsustainable for society.
Paradigm Shift in Education
Paradigm Shift in Community Service
Glossary of Terms
Further Definitions
The Public-Private Partnership Continuum