No

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  by Raven Lebeau

  Created on: January 13, 2008

  Providing immediate and tangible rewards for academic achievement only fuels the need for instantaneous

• 2 of 42

  by Kim Dutelle

  Created on: October 11, 2007

  Considering that I am one of those parents who refuses to give her children money for making their beds,

• 3 of 42

  by Pete Alvarez

  Created on: June 30, 2010

  A look at today's school system finds a variety of problems. There are those students that fail to attend

• 4 of 42

  by Maxwell Payne

  Created on: July 20, 2007   Last Updated: February 26, 2009

  Should good grades be rewarded with cash rewards and prizes?

  Perhaps the people who came up with this

• 5 of 42

  by Simonne Liberty

  Created on: August 20, 2009

  No. This is a discriminating tactic. It is not fair to children who have learning disabilities, or those

• 6 of 42

  by Lisa H Warren

  Created on: January 03, 2009

  The importance and value of the process of education should never be tied to cash rewards.

  Although it

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  by T. M. Beeker

  Created on: October 03, 2007

  Talk about classic dumb ideas. As an educator I can assure the most high minded person this will work

• 8 of 42

  by Tim Driver

  Created on: July 03, 2008

  We already have this system in place. It is called a scholarship. Recipients of high grades and test

• 9 of 42

  by Peter Stern

  Created on: March 28, 2010

  Cash rewards for students are another poor option determined by business people and legislators who

• 10 of 42

  by Dario

  Created on: June 22, 2007

  Although the notion of rewards in exchange for good performance is a brilliant concept in other areas

• 11 of 42

  by Richard Wilson Ph.D.

  Created on: June 23, 2007

  Paying a child for grades or test scores deflects the child's attention from learning. Consider how

• 12 of 42

  by Kaitlyn Williams

  Created on: March 02, 2010

  The allocation of the cash rewards is crucial to determining the lack of sense that this idea contains.

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  by Jack Roviere

  Created on: June 30, 2007   Last Updated: March 09, 2012

  My parents always told me that school was my job, but somehow I don't think they ever expected that

• 14 of 42

  by Shirley Love

  Created on: April 30, 2009

  Many school districts are hard-pressed for funds in this day of economic hardships. Some extracurricular

• 15 of 42

  by Effie Moore Salem

  Created on: June 22, 2007   Last Updated: June 13, 2008

  Absolutely not. High grades and excellence are the rewards for hard work and will mean success after

• 16 of 42

  by Todd Pheifer

  Created on: April 02, 2008

  I suppose in theory monetary rewards sound like a good idea. After all, we try to give our children

• 17 of 42

  by Elizabeth A. Marion

  Created on: March 24, 2008

  School is supposed to prepare kids to be on their own and take care of themselves when they grow up.

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  by Andrew Franks

  Created on: May 02, 2008

  Imagine if you will a young man named Jack. Jack attends a middle class suburban high school in Anytown,

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  by Rochelle Watson

  Created on: April 23, 2008   Last Updated: April 24, 2008

  Should school districts provide cash rewards for high grades and test scores? Absolutely not! The notion

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  by Roger Crain

  Created on: June 05, 2009   Last Updated: June 09, 2009

  Providing cash incentives for academic excellence takes the discipline out of learning and thus fosters