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Young Jewish girl in front of burning buildings in Zloczow, Poland
Carol Matas

In My Enemy's House

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Fiction
Age Level:
Middle Grade

Blond-haired and blue-eyed Marisa loses her family at the hand of the Nazis when the Germans invade Poland. With the papers of a Christian Polish girl, she disguises her identity and goes to work as a servant for a Nazi family. As she spends more time and becomes closer with the family, she has to answer some tough questions about her basic beliefs of humanity.

National Summer Learning Association

Engaging Family and Community in Afterschool and Summer Programs

Informal literacy experiences often serve to shape young people’s identity as readers and writers as much as or more than formal schooling.Community and family support can emphasize the importance of reading and writing, build confidence, influence young people’s literacy habits, and encourage youth to seek out ways to engage in literate activities. Through a renewed national push for literacy on all levels, both families and community members have diverse opportunities in which to impact students’ literacy skills.This article offers strategies to develop community engagement.
Rosemarye Taylor

Engaging Parents in Literacy Learning

Students whose parents are involved in the academic school experience tend to be good readers and are successful in school. Even for those who struggle and perhaps read below grade level, if their parents are involved in school, then parents provide a support system to ensure achievement. Use the template in this article to generate ideas both from teachers and from parents themselves about how to engage parents with literacy assignments.
America’s Promise Alliance

Engaging Parents to Support Academic Achievement

Academic achievement is a strong predictor of high school graduation and is critical to long-term success in college, work, and life. A sixth grader who fails math or English, has unsatisfactory behavior, or poor attendance has a 75% likelihood of dropping out. Freshmen in Chicago public schools who earn a B average or better have an 80% chance of finishing high school with at least a 3.0 GPA.
America’s Promise Alliance

Engaging Parents to Support Academic Attainment Over Time

Chances for success are improved when adults offer children, starting at a young age, positive expectations and aspirations about what they can do and achieve. Learn ways to help parents support students’ long-term success in school, career, and life.
America’s Promise Alliance

Engaging Parents to Support Good School Attendance

Poor school attendance is a strong predictor of school dropout. Children can’t learn if they aren’t present in school, so attendance is a must. Parents are best positioned to ensure children attend school and to build the expectation around attendance.

Engaging Students in Their AT Plan

How do you go about engaging students to help formulate their own technology plan?

That can make a big difference, especially with older students. One thing we run into is we often give students way too much technology at first, and that can become overwhelming for them. So the goal really is to look at, and have the student help identify what is the main area that is most problematic for them. Am I struggling with reading? Or writing? Or getting my ideas generated and getting them down on paper? Am I struggling with math calculations, or word problems? What is it that is really the biggest problem?

girl laying on grass reading an orange book
Motivation and Engagement

Engaging the Disengaged

I think that when you can escape into a book it trains your imagination to think big and to think that more can exist than what you see. ~ Taylor Swift

 

Engaging Your Students in the Common Core Classroom

The Common Core classroom provides many opportunities for students to really dig into topics and consider issues from multiple perspectives. This can be engaging work for students, but it can also be challenging, as they are asked to think deeply and critically about their reading. Here, teachers reflect on motivating their students and the excitement when things really begin to click.

Three diverse students walking together holding books.
Achievement, Advocacy, College Readiness, Comprehension, Curriculum & Instruction, Dropout Prevention, English Language Learners, Families & Schools, School-Wide Reform

English Language Learners in Middle and High School

Featuring Kathleen Leos, Deborah Santiago, and Susan Lafond in a discussion on English Language Learners (ELLs). Our expert panel discusses demographic trends, instructional strategies, school-family partnerships, and college readiness.