Strategies could school faculty use to motivate kids who more interested in social things than school matters?

Answer 1

Since kids these days are most often motivated by money, it may be helpful to compare and contrast potential salaries for dropouts, HS graduates, and college graduates. You can also stress what employers want in an employee; hard work, reliability, ethics, and proper English, for example. Role-playing job interviews can have quite an impact.
I told my son that the better he did in school, the more choices he would have later. He is now grown, graduated university magna *** laude, and has a career he loves, but HE made it happen!