grades

When I first read the press on Ultrinsic I felt an immediate roll of my stomach. Here's a site where the most prized target of marketers - incoming college freshman -- can sign up and place a "bet" on their grades. If they get the grades, they make money on the bet. If not, they lose the money...

Paying kids to do schoolwork is a very successful method to inspire better grades, better behavior, and most objectively: better test scores. That's the result of years of controversial work by a team of economists, and what's more, some really happy kids. Harvard economics professor Roland...

From the "You ain't gonna believe this" file comes this gem: Rosewood Middle School in Goldsboro, N.C. unveiled a plan to raise much-needed funds by selling middle schoolers better grades. A $20 "donation" would get you (or your poor kid, who really has grounds for a lawsuit if you would pony up...

New York City's new program to pay students for passing Advanced Placement tests just got its first report card, and the results were nothing to brag about. The privately funded program by Rewarding Achievement (REACH) is one of many around the country that try to incentivize students to do well on...