Career Ed Lounge is embedded in over eighty professional development portals serving the career and technical education community. Performance Groups in the Lounge are integrated with related learning opportunities offered on these portals. With a few exceptions, Performance Groups are also publicly available to any member of the Lounge to maximize peer-to-peer learning and performance outcomes.
I do believe that effort plays a huge part in success academically. I have also seen some students that are not as gifted academically perform better. I feel as though motivation on the part of the students in addition to effort plays a role. If the student is not motivated it willbe difficult for them to continue and succeed.