Should Kids Be Bribed to Do Well in School?

What motivates kids to work hard in school? The exclusive story of a national experiment in paying for performance that delighted children, offended adults and provoked death threats against the scientist

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Samantha Contis for TIME

From left: Rodney Thomas, Tyreke Johnson and Malik Harris, at Burroughs Education Center in Washington, look at their payment vouchers

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In four cities, 18,000 kids earned a total of $6.3 million to do the right thing. Some incentives work better than others

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*Not including control groups

† A combination of metrics that varied from school to school but always included attendance and behavior

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