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View Online  |  Update Your Preferences April 27, 2016   4 Ideas for Boosting Student Engagement Photo credit: Charles Tsai via YouTube Give Students Voice and Choice  VIDEO   See how you can engage even the most distracted kids by giving them agency in lessons and school decisions. Expect More From Your Students Become a "warm demander" -- hold your students to high standards and provide the support they need to get there. ADVERTISEMENT   Bring in Community Partners  VIDEO   Watch how this middle school invites engaging community partners to create authentic learning experiences for students. Photo credit: Bonnie Brown via flickr (CC BY 2.0) Create a Student-Centered Classroom Make these simple tweaks to five different aspects of your classroom and watch how student engagement improves. Don't Miss Quiet: Susan Cain on Approaching Introverted Students Developing a Growth Mindset in Teachers and Staff How Emotions Affect Learning, Behaviors, and Relationships Going Gradeless: Student Self-Assessment in PBL 11 Alternatives to "Round Robin" (and "Popcorn") Reading FOLLOW EDUTOPIA                         ABOUT US  |  CONTACT US  |  ADVERTISE  |  PRIVACY  |  SUBSCRIBE © 2016 George Lucas Educational Foundation, PO Box 3494, San Rafael, CA 94912 To ensure delivery of Edutopia's Weekly Enews, please add edutopia.org to your address book. You can always UPDATE YOUR PREFERENCES or UNSUBSCRIBE.

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