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Engaged Institutions: Impacting Vulnerable Youth Through Place-Based Learning  By Jose Colchado, Vicki Hobbs, Michelle Hynes, Jereann King, Martin Newell, Sylvia Parker and Sandra Wilson Rural School and Community Trust, July 2003 With funding from the W.K. Kellogg Foundation, the Rural Trust sponsored several researchers to develop case studies examining the connections between higher education institutions and vulnerable youth in communities that have chosen place-based education as a framework for student learning and community growth. The report explores the development of rural Education Renewal Zones in Missouri, an aquaculture project in northeastern Maine that is helping revitalize a small town's fishing economy, and a project in New Mexico focused on water use and conservation through using an "acequia" irrigation system. Engaged Institutions also features in-depth studies on other place-based learning partnerships including initiatives to preserve Navajo culture in Indian schools in Arizona, unique media arts projects in Appalachia, and a project aimed at improving writing skills using local culture in the Mississippi Delta. Download a Copy of the Complete Report (PDF Format, 524 KB) Individual articles can also be downloaded seperately as PDF files: Events | Services | Newsroom | Contact Us | Search © 2003 The Rural School and Community Trust 
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