http://gothamschools.org/2008/10/10/does-failed-cell-phone-incentive-plan-inspires-from-beyond-the-grave/ Fri, 24 May 2013 18:23:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://gothamschools.org/2008/10/10/does-failed-cell-phone-incentive-plan-inspires-from-beyond-the-grave/comment-page-1/#comment-170 Kent Pekel Sat, 11 Oct 2008 19:13:35 +0000 http://gothamschools.org/?p=2695#comment-170 A Google alert allerted me to this item on your Web site, and you’re right that I wasn’t aware the campaign had been killed. I heard about it on a visit to NYC in May or June and checked the Web site sometime since then and found it alive and well, but hadn’t heard that it had since been killed. I think it’s worth noting, however, that my commentary piece didn’t endorse the particular approach to student motivation that the Milllion Motivation campaign was taking, but just cited the existence of the campaign as an example of an attempt to think and act more intentionally and creatively about the issue of students’ motivation to learn. In fact, as I briefly describe in the article, in Minnesota we are taking a very different approach to instilling and increasing motivation through a new project called Ramp-Up to Readiness. Readers can find out more about that evolving effort at rampuptoreadiness.org.

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