Sep 19 2007
NYPL Pays Students $50 to Sign Up for a Library Card
NYPL Pays Students $50 to Sign Up for a Library Card – 9/18/2007 2:05:00 PM - School Library Journal
Wow! I know my students would love this opportunity. I can just hear them spending their $50 in their heads.
What an idea—and paid for by a private grant given to the city government. Bloomberg is also offering students in grades 4-7 to earn cash rewards for achievement on standardized tests. That’s one way to ensure that some students don’t “make a pattern with the bubble sheet” or figure that since it isn’t for a grade on their report card they don’t have to do well! It will be interesting to see how it works out for them long-term and how much they have to pay out.
