Can students be paid to do well in school?

Was browsing, found that in some New York City public schools kids are being paid to do well on tests.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/05/nyregion/05incentive.html
Also, the Harvard economist that designed this system gave a speech at my school. He is an entertaining speaker, and presented his case well; that although it seems morally wrong, is it bad when their test scores are improving?

I feel this is a waste of tax dollars, but lets see what other people think?

 

Well, the money is used to inspire these people to actually be willing to fight for jobs.

Alas, I do see your point. If a child needs to be bribed to do well, he/she will never become the best he/she can be.

 

We are being bribed to do well.... We all want money in the end. We go to school in order to supply degrees that force companies to pay higher wages. What is the difference?

 

i dont think its a good idea.
you dont need money as an incentive to get kids to do well, when i was in primary we got stickers for doin well, that was enough then lol
kids dont need money, im sure it will give them the wrong idea anyway. the kids they do well will do well without being paid to. and when they move on to high school, secondary school, watever u want to call it, when they arnt getting paid to do well anymore, they will give up as there motivation is taken away.

 

Fuckin coons in Australia get paid to go to school. Who cares if they do well just as long as they go.

 

This is definetly Wrong. I mean i understand contests in which the smartest wins money but paying them to do well? That should be there job, we shouldnt need governments bribing the Kids.

Whats next?

Paying Hobo's To Work?

 

Students , all in genral, all already getting paid,not by what the majoritywould think as in cash but paid as ingetting togo to a better school, a beter fut ure,thats your rewardfor doing good, you should not get payd money to dowell in school, thiswould increase cheating on all test including the statetest and sats nuf said

 

In My Opinion I Think They Should/could/and Will. Because Is Isnt Much Of A Difference Between A 6 Hour Day At School And A 6 Hour Day At Work,

Sorry About The Caps

 

Attendance at school should not be compulsory. It is not any different than enslaving them.

Except that going to school doesn't help your "employers" (government in this case) in terms of monetary gains.

And take it easy on the caps

 

The sense of accomplishment would be completely diminished.

 

i think students can be paid to do well in school...makes the students work harder.

 

Theres more thought behind this than you think.
The government is trying to get more people to go to college - yeah, you probably figured that out, but the reason for this is because America has a negative income with China, and is reliant on third world countries for oil...
If everyone goes to college in America, the prices on our products would decrease, and more people in Europe and Asia would buy them, right?
Edit:
The answer to your question - Yes. Although it varies state to state, some of them are trying to give government funded scholarships to colleges instate, others are handing out cash.

 

i heard the were doing this down in the atl...

 

I've studied this in psychology and it is truly bad. This only causes students to do something good temporarily. Studies show that kids have to feel good about what they do, not just do it for a reward. This only causes kids to do good if they are given a reward. This means that eventually kids will stop doing good things unless they are given a reward, which obviously isn't good.

 

Considering the average aboriginal is no smarter than a common rock.

 

Hey, don't talk about the Aboriginals like that. I have friends which are Abo and I bet they are 150% smarter than you are.

On Topic:

I dont think they should pay students, just give them like a scholarship or something if they do well as most of the schools do.

 

I have mates who are noong too. I don't have anything against them, just most talk and act like complete fools. The world doesn't owe them anything so why should they be entitled to all those bonuses?

 

I agree, also, I find that the quality of schooling isn't actually very good, it's based around tests rather than education.

 

this is ridiculous. if kids aren't motivated enough to do well in school, its their fault. let them suffer after they drop out of high school and become useless bums. i can't believe the gov't would use hard-working people's tax money to help an ignorant, undeserving kids.

this is also coming from a student, so it's not like i don't know what i'm talking about when it comes to passing classes