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        January 24, 2008

(CNN Student News) -- January 24, 2008 Paid to Study AZUZ: And in Georgia, a new program is going to pay some 8th and 11th graders to stay in school a little longer. It's called "Learn to Earn," and it gives students money if they go to after-school tutoring programs; $8 an hour, and there's a chance for bonuses if your grades go up. Getting paid to study might sound like a great idea, but not everyone thinks this program will be helpful. CNN's Kyra Phillips talked with Fulton County Commissioner Robb Pitts and author Alfie Kohn about their views on the issue. Here's a little of what they had to say. (BEGIN VIDEO CLIP) KYRA PHILLIPS, CNN REPORTER: Alfie, you've written a book on how you think making these rewards for students is actually punishment in the long run. Why are you against these kinds of incentives, like paying a student per hour or giving out an iPod or giving some kind of gift to study? ALFIE KOHN, 'PUNISHED BY REWARDS' AUTHOR: Because they not only don't work, they make things worse than they were to begin with. It depends what your goal is really. If your goal is to buy a behavior temporarily, like getting kids to show up somewhere or open a book, and if you throw in enough goodies at them, you might be able to do that, but at a significant cost. More than 75 studies have shown that the more you reward people for doing something, the more they tend to lose interest in whatever it was they had to do to get the reward. Because the point isn't to show up at a tutoring program, read a book, be generous or whatever. The point is to get the doggie biscuit. And when the reward isn't there in the future, they're actually less motivated to do it than they were to start. PHILLIPS: What do you think about that, commissioner? ROBB PITTS, FULTON COUNTY, GA. COMMISSIONER: Well, I hear that, but there will always be naysayers. But the undeniable facts are, and I'm sure that he would agree, that we as a nation are losing ground to students in China and India, in particular in the areas of math and science. If our kids are going to compete in a global economy going forward, we're going to have to prepare our students in math and science. Now, this target group, these are kids who are bright kids, but through no... it's just a matter of where they live, their family situation, no fault of there own. They're in a situation, in an environment, where learning has not been a priority. (END VIDEO CLIP)

   

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