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Similarly, in Chicago, kids were paid for grades - a result they could not always control. There, the findings were mixed. Kids who got paid did indeed get better grades, and they also attended class more - a week and a half more over the school year. That is a big deal...
Kids may respond better to rewards for specific actions because there is less risk of failure. They can control their attendance; they cannot necessarily control their test scores. The key, then, may be to teach kids to control more overall - to encourage them to act as if they can indeed...
Fryer believes there's more good research to be done on incentives. But he doesn't think incentives alone can fix our schools; he is increasingly convinced that the answer will involve a combination of reforms and that the interaction among those reforms will matter more than any single change...
McMahon has taken a lot of heat from the left for his vote against President Obama's top priority. New York City Council Speaker Christine Quinn canceled a fundraiser for him, and the Service Employees International Union withdrew its support and is now actively searching for a Democrat to challenge...
U.S. officials stress the fact - and it is a fact - that both the number of terrorism attacks and the overall death toll have decreased to a level not seen since just after the March 2003 invasion. But statistics are cold comfort when the latest explosion has leveled a nearby building...