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Providing financial incentives for positive behavior can lead to higher test scores among adolescents, according to a study led by Economics Professor Roland G. Fryer and released last week...
...study, students’ test scores increased when they were paid to perform specific actions, such as reading books or wearing their uniforms...
...contrast, paying students after they earned higher test scores did not significantly change their performance on the tests...
...charge of his brother's personal security force, reacted on Monday with the threat of civil war. "I think it would be wrong. It would be bloodshed, a civil war," he told Russia's RIA Novosti news agency. "If [the interim government's special forces] are willing to test their skills, we are ready to meet them to fight. But we are also ready for dialogue." (See a brief history of Kyrgyzstan...
...What could turn a self-confessed social-networking addict so virulently against Facebook? Last month, the website announced a planned test to start sharing users' personal details with handpicked third-party websites to help those sites better personalize their services to people. Aigner complains that Facebook users won't necessarily be notified when this happens and the onus will be on them to use the opt-out function to stop their personal details from being passed on. And that, she says, leaves many people, especially youngsters, in a vulnerable position, since they may not be aware that their personal data...