Learning, In Deed (WHAT A JOKE)

YOU'VE GOT TO BE KIDDING ME. THE BELOW ARTICLEWAS PUT OUT BY THE NATIONAL EDUCATION ASSOCIATION (NEA)...DID THE AUTHOR DO ANY RESEARCH? LACKEY HIGH SCHOOL IN PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY? CRIME, DRUGS AND POVERTY AND LACKEY HIGH SCHOOL....HMMMMM, I FOR ONE AM INSULTED AT THE LACK OF RESEARCH!


By Cindy Long

NEA Today Service Learning Projects Help Students Grow

Henry E. Lackey High School sits in Prince George’s County, Maryland -- one of the lowest socio-economic areas of the country – where crime, drugs, and poverty are very much a part of life for kids growing up in this Washington, D.C. suburb. But despite the obstacles -- or maybe because of them -- students at Lackey High are making a positive difference in their communities.

Charlene Haynie, a psychology and sociology teacher, is the school’s service learning coordinator. “The students and I take a look at the community and determine what’s needed, and then they choose their own projects,” she says. “Many of them are already active in the community – some are volunteer firefighters and emergency medical technicians, others are active within their religious organizations.”

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