Post by title1parent on Aug 18, 2010 5:25:27 GMT -5
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Financial incentives could raise grades
Letter to the Editor DH
Published: 8/18/2010
Right now all the talk is about teachers, test scores, salary, tenure, union intervention and the students not learning. But what is education for? Is it not to improve the general welfare of the community and the future of the nation?
Well, here we are talking about money. The answer could be, as Rush Limbaugh puts it, "Follow the money." Bill Gates and his wife are donating billions of dollars to fund extra educational facilities and activities.
Ultimately the process is for the student to learn. If the student has not learned the teacher has not taught. But that's wrong. If the student has not learned it's because he or she didn't want to learn. So now how do we get them to want to learn?
Follow the money. Create a savings account under each student's Social Security number. Add to this account for any and all achievements, like good test scores, classes taken, grades achieved. Add other pursuits like sports, clubs, art, music - anything to improve the status and mindset of the student. After all, it is they who will be running the country eventually, and don't we all want an improved country?
The savings account would be used by each student to pay for any higher education, be it college or industrial trade course - further education for any gainful employment. Follow the money.
Ben Nejdl
Rolling Meadows
Financial incentives could raise grades
Letter to the Editor DH
Published: 8/18/2010
Right now all the talk is about teachers, test scores, salary, tenure, union intervention and the students not learning. But what is education for? Is it not to improve the general welfare of the community and the future of the nation?
Well, here we are talking about money. The answer could be, as Rush Limbaugh puts it, "Follow the money." Bill Gates and his wife are donating billions of dollars to fund extra educational facilities and activities.
Ultimately the process is for the student to learn. If the student has not learned the teacher has not taught. But that's wrong. If the student has not learned it's because he or she didn't want to learn. So now how do we get them to want to learn?
Follow the money. Create a savings account under each student's Social Security number. Add to this account for any and all achievements, like good test scores, classes taken, grades achieved. Add other pursuits like sports, clubs, art, music - anything to improve the status and mindset of the student. After all, it is they who will be running the country eventually, and don't we all want an improved country?
The savings account would be used by each student to pay for any higher education, be it college or industrial trade course - further education for any gainful employment. Follow the money.
Ben Nejdl
Rolling Meadows
