Spread the loveBy Vinod Lobo, Learning Upgrade How can we motivate the lowest performing students in a school to complete a rigorous standards-based curriculum and move up to grade level proficiency?  Given the challenges of poverty, diversity, special needs, and English language learners, many have assumed that this is a student problem; that the lowest performing students cannot complete a challenging curriculum.  A recent visit to an urban school facing all of these challenges brought to light that with the right approach all students, especially at-risk students, can be motivated to achieve academic success and gain confidence in themselves within … Continue reading Student motivation: An adult problem with grown-up solutions