The Education Week Spotlight on Student Engagement & Motivation is a collection of articles hand-picked by our editors for their insights on community wide efforts to engage; what the data says about digital approaches to motivate; toxicity seeping into the frontlines; what’s going wrong; and the positive connections children need to be engaged and to be motivated.
You get the articles below in a downloadable PDF.
Student Achievement
Inside the Effort to Find and Help Disengaged Youth
When in-person learning abruptly ended last spring, schools and community groups sprang into action.
Classroom Technology
From Our Research Center
Digital Games: Powerful Motivation Tool or Not So Much?
Students are far less likely than teachers to say digital games make learning more interesting.
School Climate & Safety
When Toxic Positivity Seeps Into Schools, Here's What Educators Can Do
Papering over legitimate, negative feelings with phrases like "look on the bright side" can be harmful for teachers and students.
English-Language Learners
English-Learners May Be Left Behind as Remote Learning Becomes 'New Normal'
English-learners often lack access to technology at home, experts and educators say, and their teachers are less likely to assign them to use digital learning resources outside of class.
Classroom Technology
How Online Teaching Needs to Improve—Even After the Pandemic
The vast majority of teachers say they’ve gained skills in the last year that they’ll continue to use after the pandemic ends.
Student Well-Being
Opinion
What Happens When Students Have Ownership Over Their Success
Young people are experts in their own lives, writes Nicole Williams Beechum. Start treating them that way.
Student Well-Being
Opinion
Here Are 3 Top SEL Strategies That Can Help Improve Student Engagement Right Now
SEL has always been important, but it is now more important than ever. Here are three ways to help engage students right now.