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Does Paying For Good Grades Cheapen Education?
As a new academic year begins, hundreds of schools around the country are experimenting with programs that offer students pay for performance. But critics say school administrators should not be turning the schoolhouse into a workplace. Rather than motivate students, they charge, the reward programs cheapen the educational experience by using "bribes" to win temporary obedience. Marilyn Geewax, National Public Radio. Sept. 1, 2009

 
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