“Beginning in 2007, his [Roland Fryer Jr.] project paid out $6.3 million to students in 261 urban schools...from low-income families” (Sandel 52). As a result, paying students for good grades has an impact on many people, not only students but teachers as well. Students should be paid for good grades because they will be able to save the money they earn for the future, it will motivate them to do well in school, and it will increase their scores on AP exams. With the money that students earn for their good grades, they can save it for their future. According to student Brett Upperman, “‘Kids need money so we can save it for college. And I want to buy a house someday…’”(“Cashing In” 2). Whether a student wants to attend a community college, …show more content…
According to student reporter Joseph Maneen, “Studies have shown that rewards can motivate students to attend school and that the more kids are in school, the more they learn” (“Cash Courses” 1). Teachers cover topics more in-depth than a school textbook does, so for a student to understand what the teachers are teaching they must be present in the classroom. Some may say that being rewarded with money doesn’t help improve our success in subjects we don’t like, but student Katelyn Vlastaris says, “‘If you reward us with money, it may motivate us to do great in subjects we don’t like, and then we’ll start doing well by ourselves’” (“Cashing In”). Once a student gets involved in a subject they are unsure about, they start to learn about it and understand it better, and the students will continue to grow in that subject area. According to the author of “Cash Courses”, “The monetary rewards motivate many kids, especially those from underprivileged families, to come to class when they would otherwise stay home” (“Cash Courses” 1). Students who come from families who do not have a lot of money, will want to attend school to earn extra money to use for themselves to buy basic necessities. Rewards motivate students to attend school; therefore, they obtain more knowledge given by the teacher …show more content…
Michael J. Sandel, the author of What Money Can’t Buy: The Moral Limits of Markets, says, “...the Advanced Placement incentive programs in Texas and elsewhere have had a positive effect...many [students] are passing the standardized exams that qualify them for college credit” (Sandel 54). This benefit of earning college credit in high school saves the students from taking these college level courses in college when they could be focusing on more in-depth classes. According to expert Jay Mathews, “Every English, Math or Science AP test...with a passing grade from independent College Board readers meant a $100 check for the student and another for the teacher. Checks totaling $90,800 went to the students and $145,370 to the teachers” (Mathews 1). This monetary reward is quite the motivation for students to study and work hard on their AP exams. Expert Rebecca Ruiz said, “Today Mr. Nystrom teaches AP statistics to eight times as many students as he used to, and this year 70 percent of them scored high enough to qualify for college credit, compared with 50 percent before” (Ruiz 1). This increase in AP test scores shows that the rewards offered are in fact motivating these students to work harder preparing for these exams. Any programs that offer rewards to students for excelling on their AP exams will see an increase in the scores on the
The author argues that by focusing on the economic benefit, educators risk distracting students from the importance of the academic process itself. However, students of different socioeconomic backgrounds have different motivational factors. A study conducted by Stanford University in 2015 researched this particular topic. Five hundred-seventy students from different universities, ethnicities, and financial backgrounds were asked what motivates them to do well in school? Based on their results, low-income students were highly motivated by the
In the essay AP courses-Mounting Burden, Declining Benefit, the author Nathan Yan expresses his concern about the impact of AP classes have on students. He states that most of students who takes AP courses have an infatuation of passing the AP tests. Yan explains that with this kind of obsession, students are giving up their education, desire to learn and their understanding of the subject for a 3, 4, or 5 test score on the AP test. The writer was wondering that by giving up all these important characteristics of taking a class, a passing score on the AP test really mean anything much, let alone exemplify the readiness for college by AP students. Furthermore, he argues that by creating and teaching AP courses, teachers and administrators are
Mathews highlighted the differences between their views on AP classes: “Wakefield teachers urged everyone to try AP and got award-winning results” (Mathews) as opposed to T.C Williams High School which does not urge all of its students to take AP classes. Mathews supports his argument with facts by stating that, “The percentages of tests passed by Wakefield students were higher: 51 percent to 39 percent.” The author used data from the success of Wakefield on the AP Exam, compared to T.C Williams, to refute Welsh’s claims. Logically, one could conclude that a school performs better on AP exams when AP courses are offered to all students. The author discussed the success of Garfield High School in East Lost Angles where 85 percent of their students were low-income in 1987. The teachers took a bold risk and decide to improve courses in order to prepare their students for the AP exam. As a result, “85 out of the 129 students got a passing score of a three or better” (Mathews). Mathews included rhetorical
The general argument by author Arianna Prothero in her work, “Paying Kids to do Well in School?”, is that school authorities are trying to use incentives to help kids perform better on tests. More specifically, Arianna argues that educators have long used rewards to prod children into doing what they want. The rewards sometimes consist of items such as gift cards, scholarship money, and in some cases cold hard cash. Technically, anything that motivates a student to do something is an incentive. Therefore, an incentive could be as simple as putting a sticker on a test or even as extreme as rewarding perfect attendance with a brand new car, like Raytown did last year.
Getting an A in a difficult class should and is a better amount of fulfillment than getting a hundred dollars or whatever the case may be. Research found on students “show that they all perform better and work harder when the task is interesting, fun to do, and relevant to their lives” (Flannery). Well, that seems quite rational! Also, money in a poor household could cause HUGE conflicts. Parents “rip teachers” when their kid gets a C according to Mary Ellen Flannery’s “Cash For Grades?”
“ Why can’t I get paid for good grades? ” I asked. “ Because you should be able to do well on your own.” My mom says. Parents should not pay students for good grades because they only want the money and not good grades to help pass to the next grade. Students would lose the love of learning in school. Students would forget what they learned in class. School becomes more of a business transaction then a place to grow up. Paying students for good grades is a bad idea because student lose the love of learning, they don’t remember what they have learned, and school becomes more of a business transaction the a place to grow and belong to.
Psychologists Bob Brooks and Sam Goldstein explain that research by Edward Deci and others shows that most children, by nature are motivated to learn. “External motivators may be effective and well intended.” says Goldstein, ”but they clearly work against the continued development of a child’s intrinsic motivation.. It doesn’t really teach kids the reward of learning for learning’s sake.” In other words. Kids start to lose interest in the material they are studying.
Students should not receive cash for grades because students would work for the money and not for their own good, teachers would feel pressure as well as students, and there are better things the money can be spent on. To start off, paying students would prevent them from having any motivation. The kids might earn grades for the wrong reasons, for the money and not for the satisfaction of a job well done. Not for their own benefit, and would they really do as well in school if they weren't receiving cash?
One of the main reasons to paying students is that it might help the people that are having trouble stay in school. In the article “should you bribe your kids to get good grades”. In paragraph 13 it said that “it could be a way to get them a jump-start to get them to try a little bit harder”. Someday i do not want to come to school but if i knew i was going to get paid for grades i would be up here all day. Some schools or parents don't think kid or students should get paid. They think they should be able to do it without getting paid. But i still believe that whatever u have to do to keep your kids in school is a good idea. Paying student helps them stay in school.
Children these days are always asking, “Mom, do I have to go to school today?” Students think school is dull, difficult and frustrating. But if they are paid to receive good grades? Some say the money motivates the students. On the other hand, certain parents and schools say it pressures them.
Students should be paid for having good grades. According to Psychology Today the United States has fallen behind other nations in education. In addition to this, approximately every one in four students in the U.S. drops out of school before graduation. The main reason for this is that students have little to no motivation. Students are either bored by school, or they are distracted by the other things that go on in their lives such as sports, jobs, friends and their own family life. Although learning has its own rewards, some students respond better to money. This essay explains how students will be paid and the reasons that they should receive money for getting good grades. Some reasons that students should be paid are: if students received rewards for having good grades fewer students would drop out, graduates would be better educated, people would seek higher education, less crime would be committed, less people would rely on the government and graduates would be more qualified for better jobs.
Kids who are being motivated by getting paid or reward is lazy because kids are only doing good to get something. Money should be used to reward your kid for getting good grades because it's their job to go to school and do go for himself not for that reward. Kids should be motivated by seeing that if they but in that good work and getting good grades there is a reward after all but it may not be money or something like that it is graduating either 8th and going into high school or graduating highschool and going to college for a good job that is what kids should be motivated by.This article I read Why parent should never give kids money for good grades at school say It’s not what ultimately motivates me though and I don’t want it to be what motivates my kids. They need to be motivated to learn for the learning itself and striving hard based on desires that are deeper than
“A wise person should have money in their head, but not their heart.” These words by Jonathan Swift sum up just why being too quick to give our direct rewards for grades harms youth and their mentality, despite any short-term benefits. If parents and schools want motivated, positive students who succeed later in life, paying for grades is out of the question. The practice encourages students to have a poor mindset for education. Its benefits are limited to short-term study and memorization.
In conclusion, students should be paid to do well in school because it has many benefits to the student. Those benefits include motivation to get good grades, the money would help the student financially, and the student would learn how to manage their money more effectively. School is a big part of every person’s life, so it should be more rewarding to the
In today’s society, every child in the United States has to attend school from preschool to the end of high school. A total of 13 years, or till s/he reaches 18 years old and decides to drop out. School exist to help students realize their full potential, to equip students with the skills they will need to achieve success and contribute to society, or to foster the development of independence, critical thinking, and strong ethical values. We would expect every student to be excited about going to school every day and doing their best, but there are others who are not as excited.. There are many students in the United States that take advantage of the free public education system that is offered, and become successful from the education they’ve received. But not all students take advantage of the education system and don’t do the work that they are supposed to, and do bad in standardized test. In the article by Jennifer Medina named “Next Question: can students be paid to excel?” it states that “School districts nationwide have seized on the idea that a key to improving schools is to pay for performances, whether through bonuses for teachers and principals, or rewards like cash prizes for students.” Many people believe that this will help improve students’ performance while the time the cash reward program is offered. But many other people including me, believe that this is not a good idea for the students overall. Los Angeles middle schools should not offer cash rewards to students to improve their academic motivation and performance because they will be thinking about the money rather than their own motivation to become educated and successful in life.