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Originally Posted by David Brinza
The voting thus far points to loss of mentor/teacher and funding issues as leading causes.
I didn't see lack of student motivation or parental engagement on the poll. Mentors/teachers sometimes struggle with burn-out, especially when students lose interest and parents don't support the effort to keep students committed to the program.
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I dangle 10's of thousands of dollars in grants / scholarships in front of parents, that keeps most of them focused to do parent like stuff.
We only get about 3-4% of eligible students to be roboteers, there is a bigger untapped pool to go after.