Huffington Post: Education prof quoted on high-achieving students and motivation

Release Date: September 21, 2011 This content is archived.

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An article on the Huffington Post about policies such as the federal No Child Left Behind act causing high-achieving students to lose momentum quotes Jaekyoung Lee, associate dean for academic affairs in the Graduate School of Education. "There might be some motivation issues, especially with high achievers," he said. "If [a test] doesn't matter, why should they try so hard?"

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