COVER
Should Kids Be Bribed to Do Well in School? (Cover)
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
Paying Kids for Good Grades: Does It Really Work?
Two schools in Washington DC participate in a four-city experiment to see if cash can truly make a difference in the classroom
NATION
What Would Henry Luce Make of the Digital Age? (The Well / Essay)
The author of a new biography of Henry Luce wonders how the Time Inc. founder would meet the challenges and opportunities of the 21st century
ESSAY
Can Price Shopping Improve Health Care? (Commentary / The Curious Capitalist)
Consumers price-shop for everything, which lowers cost and improves quality. Why not health care?
The Right's Unjust War Against Sen. Robert Bennett (Commentary)
Why are two conservative groups working to defeat a perfectly good Republican Senator?
When Bullying Goes Criminal
When does bullying cross the line from cruel to criminal? And what can be done about it?
The Replacement Senator Causing Democrats Fits (Nation / Washington Memo)
Ted Kaufman says his party is ignoring the roots of the financial crisis
WORLD
Down and Out in Nairobi: Somali Pirates in Retirement (Postcard)
Who profits from piracy in Somalia these days? Not the men who do the dirty work
Hu's Visit: Finding a Way Forward on U.S.-China Relations (The Well / World)
As Barack Obama prepares to meet China's leader, Hu Jintao, the U.S. needs to find a fresh way of dealing with the new superpower. Here's how to do it
Rescuing a Potential Nuke from the Chile Quake (World)
Inside a top-secret program to keep nuclear material from getting into the hands of terrorists
Securing Loose Nukes in Chile
The devastating earthquake of February 26 interrupted a U.S. team's top secret effort to remove a potential nuclear bomb from Chile
Can Hatoyama Be Japan's Change Agent — At Home and Abroad? (Profile)
Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama wants a more equal relationship with Washington, but nobody's quite sure what that means
LETTERS
Inbox (Inbox)
ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
Song of Survival: TV Returns to Post-Katrina New Orleans (Television)
In HBO's post-Katrina Treme, music is a way of life and a lifeline
Date Night: Adventures, With Babysitting (Movies)
The Date Night recipe for spicing up a staid relationship? Slapstick and car chases
Short List
TIME'S PICKS FOR THE WEEK
SOCIETY
DIY Butchering (Life / Taste of America)
Cleaver? Check. Meat hook? Check. Street cred? Hell, yeah. Why meat lovers are becoming meat cutters
Home Butchering 101
Brooklyn butcher Tom Mylan shows adventurous home cooks the six cuts that take a whole chicken to a grill-ready bird
Tropicana: Trying to Make a Greener Orange Juice (Life / Going Green)
PepsiCo, which owns the juice brand Tropicana, is experimenting with greener farming methods in order to reduce the carbon footprint of a morning glass of OJ
Without a Trace (Life / Techland)
TigerText makes messages vanish. Early adopters may include job seekers and philanderers
SPECIAL SECTION
Russia Plans a Silicon Valley (Global Business / Russia)
The Russian government wants to copy California's creative, freewheeling business culture--except for the creative and freewheeling parts
Management, Plain and Simple (Global Business / Small Business)
The Amish have an enviable success record. Is it their lifestyle or the way they work?
PEOPLE
10 Questions for America Ferrera (10 Questions)
The final episode of Ugly Betty airs on April 14. America Ferrera will now take your questions
BRIEFING
The Skimmer
Book Review: In the Neighborhood: The Search for Community on an American Street, One Sleepover at a Time by Peter Lovenheim
The Moment
4|5|10: West Virginia
The World
10 ESSENTIAL STORIES
Spotlight: South Africa's New Racial Tensions
Verbatim
Brief History: Tax Dissidents
Charlie's an Angel Now: John Forsythe Dies at 92 (Milestones)
The TV and movie star, who survived quadruple bypass surgery in 1979 and colorectal cancer in 2006, has died of pneumonia. He was 92