Explains what problems are unique to the urban environment, why urban youth is more difficult to motivate, and how to replace ineffective approaches with methods that relate to these students' everyday experiences.

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The difficulty of motivating urban youth -- Ten quick strategies to increase motivation -- Twelve killers of motivation and their remedies -- Punishments, threats, and rewards -- Creating hope in students -- Welcoming all students to school and class -- Building motivating lessons -- Energizing ourselves -- Effort-based evaluation -- Improving homework completion -- The relationship between behavior and motivation -- For the administrator.