Should the government offer cash incentives for better student performance?

Lost track of this one. Let's approve and then move it into "School Funding."

Doesnt school funding more imply something larger than cash incentives though, like millions for a building or even money for textbooks? I guess it could go either way, but I like it here.

Okay, should we switch it back.

"School funding" sounds good.

I was going to question whether this was really about the government offering cash incentives -- Opportunity NYC sounded private to me, though affiliated with Bloomberg.  This seems to indicate that the parent organization, Center for Economic Opportunity, is part of the government, though.

This should probably move to "School funding."

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Right? Is it the government? Or private organizations? etc...

Who's doing the offering?  It's a little vague.

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It's ready. Finally

Okay.  Cool.

Good solution. The wording, not the $20 thing.

It's not just the government, but a public-private partnership, so:

Should cash incentives be offered for better student performance?
(Yes, I agree that the health and employment incentives should be separate.)

Very interesting. I envision papers handed back to students with a $20 bill attached. Probably doesn't work that way...

This is very relevant. I recently read about this in the times.

Should the government offer families cash incentives for better student performance?

I am pretty sure schools aren't the ones providing the cash so I think we might to rephrase that a little.

Should students be compensated for achieving good grades? 

Simplify, simplify:

Should schools offer cash incentives for better student performance?

The advantage of the current formulation is that it speaks to the concept of compensation in general, rather than specific provisions of certain proposals, which may change or which may not apply in other cases that come up.

The difference between the money going to the student or the family is interesting, though. It could be reasonable to favor one and not the other, I guess.

Families can work, but now I am wondering if we should break this into different issues. There are a few programs being proposed. There are incentives that would give cash directly to the students for doing well on standardized tests, and then there are others that give cash to parents for their child having good attendance, and another for the parent who attends a teacher-parent conference. I like the child and parent separate because it sort of shows  money  going to the individuals. Thats just me. What do others think?

i think this is good but let's revise "children and their parents" to "families".

Do you think it's under the right topic?

You beat me, planned to propose this one.

I'm for it.

Mayor Bloomberg thinks its a good idea
Press Release

Opportunity NYC will provide cash incentives to families in three key areas: education, health, and employment and training.

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Education incentives will promote superior attendance and good behavior in school, achievement and improved performance on standardized tests, and parental engagement in children’s education.
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Health incentives will be offered to maintain adequate health coverage for all children and adults in participant households as well as age-appropriate medical and dental visits for each family member.
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Employment and training incentives will promote increased employment and earnings or combine work activities with specific job training activities.

Opportunity NYC is an initiative of Mayor Bloomberg’s Center for Economic Opportunity

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