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It Takes a Village: Rethinking How We Engage Families

It Takes a Village: Rethinking How We Engage Families

A fall festival reaches out to involve parents and the community.

Middle school is a period of transition and a critical phase of growth and development; therefore, a welcoming, positive learning environment in which students enjoy school and make positive connections with others is...
Author: Selena Blankenship, Meagan Nix, Gayle Andrews, Kathy Thompson
Number of views (14909)/Comments (0)/
Topics: Family and CommunitySchool Culture/Climate
Tags: Community Involvement

Spotlight on Lead2Feed

We asked Debby Dodge, grant manager for Lead2Feed/Lift a Life Foundation, a series of questions about the important part service learning and common vision play in developing caring, compassionate young...
Author: AMLE
Number of views (16946)/Comments (0)/
Topics: Young Adolescent Development
Tags: Service LearningProblem-solvingCommunity Involvement

Rethinking Field Trips

Field trips used to be a common and highly anticipated part of the middle grades experience: young adolescents, bleary eyed, climbing on the bus with iPods and handheld games. It wasn't so much where they were...
Author: AMLE
Number of views (17531)/Comments (0)/
Topics: Teaching
Tags: Parent InvolvementCommunity InvolvementField Trips
Top middle level volunteers share their stories of service

Top middle level volunteers share their stories of service

The Prudential Spirit of Community Awards is proud to recognize middle level students every year, in every state, for helping their communities through volunteer service. The Association for Middle Level Education is...
Author: Prudential Spirit of Community Awards
Number of views (29068)/Comments (1)/
Topics: Family and Community
Tags: Service LearningStudent LeadersCommunity Involvement

Habla con ellos—Talk to them: Latinas/os, achievement, and the middle grades

Moving bilingual children beyond subordinated categories toward full engagement in relevant and authentic learning that embraces their communities.

Our faculty in the Education Department at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte often spends time discussing issues we see within our middle grades program, including with our undergraduate teacher candidates...
Author: Spencer Salas, Jeanneine P. Jones, Theresa Perez, Paul G. Fitchett, & Scott Kissau
Number of views (56261)/Comments (0)/
Topics: ELL/ESL/ESOL
Tags: Student EngagementMultilingual/MulticulturalParent InvolvementStudent AchievementCommunity Involvement

Service-Learning

Research Summary

Service-learning is a teaching and learning method that connects meaningful, community service experiences with academic learning, personal growth, and civic responsibility (Shumer & Duckenfield, 2004). Learning...
Author: Shirley Theriot
Number of views (57020)/Comments (1)/
Topics: CurriculumFamily and CommunitySchool Culture/Climate
Tags: Student EngagementStudent MotivationParent InvolvementService LearningResearch SummaryCommunity Involvement
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