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Student Motivation: Praising Competence Instead of Natural Ability

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Students are more likely to do something if they feel like they have the ability to be successful doing it.

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Five Common Traits of Top State School Systems

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Education Week’s annual Quality Counts report card ranks state school systems on a host of factors, and the data shows common strengths among top performers. (January 25, 2018)
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For students to feel motivated, they must see the work they are doing in the classroom as interesting, valuable, and useful to their present lives.
What Constitutional Rights Do Students Have?

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When it comes to paddling or censorship, the courts have ruled that U.S. students don’t always share the same constitutional rights as adults outside of school. Learn more about the Constitution’s limited reach into schoolhouse doors.