"Picture a person who is 14 years old, has come from a broken home, hasn't engaged at school, ends on a path of addiction and winds up at 25-26 years old going to rehab, learning how to get clean, and then leaving rehab and being told to get on with it.
Remind them of the supports that are available and encourage them to engage at school and aspire to college.
It also allowed her to build trust with students, who desperately want to feel hopeful and engaged at school.
Unaccompanied asylum-seeking children (UASC) tend to learn English quickly, engage positively at school and many could go on to university if allowed.
Data plays an important role – how can we engage children at school in technology, and give them more support early on in their career?
Despite all the obstacles and doubters, O.L.P.C. has come up with a laptop that's tough and simple enough for hot, humid, dusty locales; cool enough to keep young minds engaged, both at school and at home; and open, flexible and collaborative enough to support a million different teaching and learning styles.
Moreover, given the heterogeneity of workplaces in which apprentices do their training, having apprentices confront their experiences represents a good opportunity for teachers to engage them at school in reflecting together on professional skills and specific procedures conducted in different professional contexts.
"As it turns out, the list of what generally helps is short: expecting your child to go to college, discussing activities children engage in at school... and requesting a particular teacher for your child," said the authors.
I know many people who found it difficult to engage with literature at school, usually due to how it was taught or the circumstances rather than because the books were irrelevant or difficult.
