Paying Kids for Good Grades: Does It Work?

At the Burroughs Education Center in Washington DC, students get paid on the basis of metrics like attendance, behavior, tests and class work.
Samantha Contis for TIME

Pay Day in School
At the Burroughs Education Center in Washington DC, students get paid on the basis of metrics like attendance, behavior, tests and class work. The school is part of a larger experiment to learn whether incentivizing students with money leads to improved academic performance.

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