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	Students from Vare Elementary explain their research on school facilities and their need for a school auditorium.

KAT has been widely cited in national educational journals, in publications for professional government employees, and in major newspapers across Pennsylvania. Professional conferences have highlighted presentations by KAT professionals as well.

Here is a listing of some of these articles and presentations.  The full text is available in cases where the title is hyperlinked.

Service Learning Heals Grieving Community, Ann Rappoport.  Generator: Journal for Service-Learning and Youth Leadership. National Youth Leadership Council (NYLC). (St. Paul: Summer 2003).

Building Social and Civic Capital Through Service-Learning: In Practice and in Systematic Study,  Ann L. Rappoport.  CYD Journal: Community Youth Development. (Brandeis University: Fall 2002).

Inquiry and Research as Foundations of Service Learning, Ann L. Rappoport.  Academic Exchange Quarterly (Chatanooga TN: Winter 2000). 

A Civic Education Model: Librarians Help Students Empower Themselves Through Information, Ann L. Rappoport, Ph.D. Learning & Media (Pennsylvania School Librarians Association: Summer 2000).

Kids Around Town: Valuing Multiple Perspectives, Sharon B. Kletzien, Cooperative Learning (16:3, 1996).

Kids Around Town: Civic Education Through Democratic Action, Ann L. Rappoport and Sharon B. Kletzien, Social Studies & the Young Learner (September/October, 1997).

KAT Model Offers Integrated Approach to Teaching Dispute Resolution, Diversity and Conflict Resolution to Youngsters, Ann L. Rappoport, Ph.D., SPIDR News (Washington, D.C.: Society of Professionals in Dispute Resolution), Winter & Spring, 1999.

Kids Around Town: Civic Lessons Leave Impressions, Ann L. Rappoport and Sharon Kletzien, Educational Leadership (May, 1996).

Civics Curriculum Uses Hands-on Approach, ed. William Johnson , Jr., PSEA The Voice (December, 1996).

Project Allows Students to See their Dreams Can Be Realized, Mary Etezady, The Patriot News (Harrisburg, Pennsylvania: November 17, 1997).

Youth Learning About Public Affairs, LWVPA-CEF, Community Affairs: Pennsylvania Department of Community Affairs (Harrisburg, Pennsylvania: September, 1994).

Kids' Helmets-On Crusade, David Laughery, Scholastic, Inc.,
Instructor (New York: May/June, 1995).

Home Improvement, Ann L. Rappoport, MetroKids (Philadelphia: November, 1995).

Kids Don't Always Take the Easy Route, Dan Geringer,  Philadelphia Daily News (June 29, 1995).

Kids Around Town: Helping Children Take Pride in their Community is Own Reward, Ann L. Rappoport, The Pennsylvanian (November, 1997).

Viewpoint: A Model Program for Civic Education, Sharon Kletzien, Ph.D. and Ann L. Rappoport, Ph.D., Pennsylvania School Boards Association, ILS (February 25, 1995).

Why Are We Here? . . . Interdisciplinary Social Studies for the 21st Century, Ann L. Rappoport, Ph.D., Social Studies Journal (PCSS: Spring, 1998).

Program Lets Schoolchildren Be Advocates for Improvements, Eleanor Chute, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (May 12, 1998).

Young Are Led to Activism, Marc Schogol, The Philadelphia Inquirer (December 28, 1998).

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