More about NY paying students

Here’s another article about NY paying students for doing well on tests and not missing school:

Schools Plan to Pay Cash for Marks
By JENNIFER MEDINA • Published: June 19, 2007
New York City students could earn as much as $500 a year for doing well on standardized tests and showing up for class in a new program to begin this fall, city officials announced yesterday. And the Harvard economist who created the program is joining the inner circle of Schools Chancellor Joel I. Klein, according to an official briefed on the hiring.

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