Should Middle-Schoolers Receive Cash for Science Grades?
- Strongly agree
- Agree
- Disagree
- Strongly Disagree
That’s the plan here in the nation’s capital. From today’s Washington Post:
Beginning in October, 3,000 students at 14 middle schools will be eligible to earn up to 50 points per month and be paid $2 per point for attending class regularly and on time, turning in homework, displaying manners and earning high marks. A maximum of $2.7 million has been set aside for the program, and the money students earn will be deposited every two weeks into bank accounts the system plans to open for them….
In justifying the program, Mayor Adrian M. Fenty (D) said the city has spent an inordinate amount on a school bureaucracy over the years that has failed students. Instead, he said, why not direct some of the cash to the students.
“If it seems outside of the box, it is,” Fenty said.
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