"State Farm and Youth Service America are offering grants of up to $1,500 for programs that enhance student achievement through service-learning in K-12 public schools in the United States and the Canadian provinces of Alberta, Ontario, and New Brunswick.

At Reading Rockets, researcher, writer, and teacher Joanne Meier blogs, "staring in the face of long days and weeks of a hot summer have me thinking about ways to keep my two daughters engaged with books this summer. One way I hope to keep them reading is by finding lots of new titles for them to read. Here are four resources for kids' books that I'm looking at. Please add yours too. Together, we can keep our kids reading all summer long!

You have "spent a lot of time and energy this school year, and you should feel good about your accomplishments. At the same time, I hope you are thinking about a creative way to unpack all the learning you've done with students and maybe even your colleagues, a way that will help you to map out where you were, where you are AND where you want to be.

"A young woman in South Los Angeles is trading her violent past for a video camera in order to break the cycle of violence in her neighborhood.

"In an op-ed in The Huffington Post, Randi Weingarten writes that districts across the country are adopting an 'all-hands-on-deck' approach for families in crisis by starting community schools -- neighborhood public schools that meet students' academic, enrichment, social, and health needs by coordinating partners and resources.