Friday, January 4, 2013

January 4, 2013: Question of the Day

"What is on the minds of our students? We mostly have no idea. The Edupundits all seem to agree that the most important variable in student academic achievement is teacher quality. But isn’t the most important variable in student academic achievement really student academic work in the end?" -- Will Fitzhugh

TODAY'S QUESTION: How do we get students to care about learning and to engage actively in their education?

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1 comment:

Anonymous said...

I just read How Children Succeed by Paul Tough. A good read for thinking about teaching kids "soft skills" and getting them more motivated to work.