Paying kids to study? WTF is this nonsense

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Clubber Lang

"Education really does pay.

An overwhelming number of schools participating in a controversial program that pays kids for good grades saw huge boosts -- up to nearly 40 percentage points higher -- in reading and math scores this year, a Post analysis found.


The higher the kids score on tests, the more they get paid: up to a maximum of $50 per test for seventh-graders and up to $25 for fourth-graders."

http://www.nypost.com/seven/06082009/news/regionalnews/learn__earn_plan_pays_off_173099.htm
 
It isn't anything that I can relate to but as completely stupid wastes of money go these days this is relatively benign. If the fed can waste $1.8 trillion bringing rates down 1% for a couple of months so an approx. 60K households can refinance, this is cheap by comparison and the results are worth more.

It may be the only way to bypass a segment of the parenting population who, for whatever reason, can't motivate their kids to study. Seems to be working which is more than you can say for most government programs :)
 
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