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Engaging Schools: Fostering High School Students' Motivation to Learn (BCYF 25th Anniversary) (3rd Edition) by National Research Council (Editor), Institute Of Medicine, Division Of Behavioral, Social Sciences, Motivation To Learn, Natl Res Council, Natl.Acad.Pr. Hardcover, 302 Pages, Published 2003 ISBN-10: 0-309-08435-0 / 0309084350 ISBN-13: 978-0-309-08435-2 / 9780309084352 When it comes to motivating people to learn, disadvantaged urban adolescents are usually perceived as a hard sell. Yet, in a recent MetLife survey, 89 percent of the low-income students claimed “I really want to learn†applied to them. What is it about the school environmentâ€"pedagogy, curricul |