Bill would pay Detroit students to earn good grades

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From today's Freep:

"Detroit high school students could earn up to $2,000 a year for passing major subjects under a bill that is to be introduced in Lansing today.

It is one of three bills from Sen. Hansen Clarke, D-Detroit, that would reorganize about 30 failing high schools in Detroit Public Schools and offer extra pay to teachers and students for improvements.

One bill would demand sweeping reorganization, including maximum class sizes of 16 students, character education classes, mentors and individualized learning plans for each student in DPS's high schools that failed to make adequate yearly progress the past five years.

Clarke said he wants the changes implemented before school lets out for the summer. He said he would approach the Broad Foundation, created by DPS alum Eli Broad to support changes in education, about providing money to pay students for good grades. He has not formally requested it, he added.

Sen. Wayne Kuipers, R-Holland, chair of the Senate Education Committee, said Monday he would be interested to know how such changes are working in other states."

?!

I understand scholarships, but cold hard cash? Is this not a remedial incentive that would ultimately undermine itself?