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3 critical areas necessary to boost student motivation

February 21, 2025 by ESchool News Staff

Focusing on belonging and community can help increase student motivation and boost engagement--critical for student achievement.

Increasing student motivation by fostering resilience and belonging has become more urgent as academic performance and dropout rates have declined, according to a new report from the nonprofit…

Teaching Trends

What does learning fueled by student motivation look like?

August 24, 2023 by Thomas Arnett, Senior Research Fellow, Clayton Christensen Institute

Perhaps, as we seek to increase student academic achievement, we're neglecting the root cause of lagging achievement: student motivation.

We often attempt small tweaks and modifications in our educational system—upgrading curriculum, training teachers on new instructional strategies—hoping to see major gains in student achievement. But these changes…

College and Career Readiness

Is blockchain the key to college success?

January 26, 2023 by Laura Ascione

Blockchain technology holds the promise to change much of what’s plaguing education today, some stakeholders say

A student’s credentials and accomplishments, stored on and secured by blockchain technology, can set students up for college acceptance and ... Read more

Curriculum

Five ways to get kids to want to read and write

March 29, 2013 by Staff and wire services reports

How can teachers get students to want to learn? Asks the Washington Post.

District Management

Readers: Five ways to motivate students

July 13, 2012July 13, 2012 by By Meris Stansbury, Associate Editor

We recently highlighted a report from the Center on Education Policy that looked at how schools can motivate students. Now, here are some of the best ideas from…

District Management

How can schools better motivate students?

June 8, 2012June 7, 2012 by By Meris Stansbury, Associate Editor

It might seem like common sense: To achieve better results, students have to be motivated. But what can schools do about this? A new report from the Center…

3 critical areas necessary to boost student motivation

What does learning fueled by student motivation look like?

Is blockchain the key to college success?

Five ways to get kids to want to read and write

Readers: Five ways to motivate students

How can schools better motivate students?

With AI coaching, a math platform helps students tackle tough concepts

Fighting chronic absenteeism with data-driven insights–and a little fun, too

Frontline Education Announces Chris Collins as New Chief Customer Officer

NoRedInk and the National Writing Project Partner to Inspire the Next Generation of Writers in the Age of Gen AI

Almost 2,000 Schools and Districts Choose Lexia® English Language Development™ to Support Emergent Bilingual Students’ English Language Acquisition

Florida Virtual School Partners with University of Florida and Concord Consortium to Launch ‘Artificial Intelligence in Math’ Online Certification for Middle, High School Students

Product Enhancements from Discovery Education Foster Improved Engagement and Personalization

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