But, well, it makes sense.  Apparently, if school is more interesting, kids stick around.

There’s something to be said, of course, for kids be in school to learn something, and a societal expectation that we don’t only do what’s fun.  But that’s hard in today’s era, etc.

But what’s not hard is to believe that kids stick around because they know it’s important and that their teacher cares.  Even if that doesn’t show up in surveys because it’s mostly subconscious.  So I would wager, as a former teacher, that if a teacher/administration/staff communicates, hey, I know it’s boring, but we care about you and we want you to do well, and this is important, then the kids would stick around.

But then, I’m not the BBC.