Should school districts provide cash rewards for high grades and test scores?

by V. Kumar

Education experts call it 'peer wages'. The students who are brilliant, exert an important influence on the learning of their colleagues, and actually contribute to their learni...read more

by Holle Abee

I'm a classroom teacher at a large high school. Like any teacher, I've had my share of unmotivated students and have tried all kinds of incentives to reward achievements. I've f...read more

by David Furritus

This is a GREAT idea. It would help balance the scales a little. Time for a trip down memory lane. At my old high school academics and fine arts weren't exactly high on t...read more

by Kyle Yaffe

School districts should definitely provide cash rewards for high grades and test scores. There has been a steady decline in overall test scores and grades in the United States f...read more

by Lisa Kooper

I believe that even if schools are on a tight budget and cannot afford to give cash, some form of incentive needs to be given for good grades and homework completion. So many st...read more

by Sharlynn Zining

Yes! Schools should provide cash rewards. As a teenager, i fully understand how it's like to be under the pressure of studying. During my primary school days, i fared very low f...read more

by Nisha Danny

Giving cash rewards for high grades and test scores is a good idea. Students will be motivated to work harder and put in their best efforts this way. Even children from poor ...read more

by Phil Hill

We need to improve the education of our young people. Standards in certain areas such as English and maths are slipping. Admittedly, students receive a more rounded education th...read more

by C.C. Wahgoo

Let's be serious. The argument pertaining that showering kids with cash for succeeding in school won't work, well, won't work. In today's "instant reward" society, promises of a...read more

by Jane Crawford

A small number of schools in the UK are now considering a reward system to encourage poorly-performing students to attend class and achieve higher grades. These are primarily s...read more

by Anisha Rahman

God, of course yes children like me try our level best to achieve as much as we can and being rewarded for this, is even better. The majority of our society now a days think...read more

by Rebecca Biggs

yes i agree with this i think there are to many students who are put off by school and colleges as there is no incentive. Students need rewards for achievement and its seems as...read more

by Kcaz Remlik

Yes they should, this sounds like a really good idea. As a student, I have seen my share of un-motivated kids. I was one of them. Just about until this year, I really did not ca...read more

by Stewart Atkinson

I believe they should do this it applies a greater incentive to today's generation. Since the scheme for EMA (Education Maintenance Allowance) came into the UK there has been an...read more

by Troy Norris

For many students, at all levels of education, a connection needs to be made between education and some kind of tangible benefit. Even at very young ages monetary compensation f...read more

by Christina Swearengin

School prepares children for future employment.If you excel at your job,you get compensation.The same should apply for school.Children should be taught that the more they put in...read more

by James Karuga

Yeah, instead of giving trophies with no monetary value, give cash rewards after all this cultivates the element of entrepreneurship in high school students. After all they wil...read more

by Kelley Robinson

Being a student, it's obvious that I would place myself onto the "yes" side of this debate. It's not because I'm just a teenager who'd like to snag some cash for raising my grad...read more

by Milissa Taylor

I know it worked for me. My parents (back in the day 1970-80's) would give me $5.00 for every A, $3.00 for every B, $1 for every C. Grounded for lower. That was enough money for...read more

by Trevor Hightower

Now days less and less students are excelling and achieving in school. Cash rewards for high grades and high test scores would be great to boost students interest in schoo...read more