The ideal solution is to make the work they do at school engaging, then they'll seek out enrichment at home themselves. One thing I haven’t seen brought up in

The ideal solution is to make the work they do at school engaging, then they'll seek out enrichment at home themselves. One thing I haven’t seen brought up in this discussion yet: technology. Seriously, what hope does a teacher have for getting students to engage when they’re competing against all the might of Silicon Valley? The industry is spending billions every year to discover and implement the best techniques for stealing teenagers’ attention and focus away from everything else in their lives. There’s a growing chorus of people who want to get phones out of classrooms. That’s a strong first step but students’ struggles don’t end when they go home for the night. I volunteer as a tutor with high school students at an after-school homework club. We aren’t allowed to take their phones away! You can imagine how much of a Herculean struggle it is for these kids to put away their phone and actually get some work done.