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Guest blog by Larry Ferlazzo/Washington Post
Many proposals pushed by some “school reformers” often appear to be guided by their belief that schools should be run similar to how they believe businesses operate. Merit pay, paying parents to participate more in schools and paying students to do better on tests are just a few of the unsuccessful policies that result from that faulty premise. The following highlights research that questions the basic idea that rewards/incentives has major role in education. Though it focuses on their use with students in the classroom, it does not require a great leap of logic to apply them to many aspects of education policy.) (more...)
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