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1. #1
   On February 13th, 2012 at 9:52 pm, Mitoch said:

   Aren’t charter schools supposed to be the magic bullet for kids to get a good education? Every story I’ve read about charter schools goes on glowingly about how motivated the children are and how much better they do in that environment. That’s why there’s a waiting list to get into them. Instead of paying the kids to show up, kick the truants out and if they want to re-enroll, they go to the back of the line.

2. #2
   On February 13th, 2012 at 9:53 pm, happyscrapper said:

   Now, whose bright idea was this? The same kind of moron who thinks up things like Cash for Clunkers and painting roofs white. In other words, a regressive. This crap doesn’t surprise me any more. They are what they are. Stupid.

   Oh, and after they pay the little delinquents to show up at school, they will give them A’s even if they fail.

3. #3
   On February 13th, 2012 at 10:08 pm, cabrerski said:

   The teachers’ union should pay for it. After all, it’s for the good of the children.

4. #4
   On February 13th, 2012 at 10:09 pm, Virginia Patriot said:

   Hey, maybe if we gave them more money they might actually study……

5. #5
   On February 13th, 2012 at 10:21 pm, Republicanvet said:

   Not sure if Wisconsin still does it, but years ago school districts were funded according to the number of students in class the first day.

   I believe it was the principal in Milwaukee quoted in the newspaper bragging about the pizza party on their first day.

   Their graduation rated reflected how serious they were the rest of the year.

6. #6
   On February 13th, 2012 at 10:23 pm, Republicanvet said:

   Rated=rates

7. #7
   On February 13th, 2012 at 10:28 pm, Pasadena Phil said:

   Great idea! All of that extra money sloshing around in our public schools is only earning 0% in a money market account anyway. This way it gets put to good use before some administrator takes it to fund a junket to the Caribbean.

8. #8
   On February 13th, 2012 at 10:28 pm, peteee said:

   when i was in high school, if we had perfect attendance we got tickets to white sox games. and what sucks is, i had perfect attendance two out of my three years in high school, i missed only one day, for my grandpa’s funeral. but even worse, i was a cubs fan, so i threw away the tickets.

9. #9
   On February 13th, 2012 at 11:27 pm, rambler said:

   What a sorry state of affairs,paying students to show up just like paying OWS to show up at CPAC.

   I’m so glad I don’t have to set foot in a public school again. If I were a student now,I’d tell the schools to stuff it! Public schools have become the biggest waste of time for students. There is little academic excellence left. No wonder the youth can’t do anything except protest for goodies.

10. #10
    On February 13th, 2012 at 11:45 pm, Ron said:

    So lame. Can anyone argue our nation’s in decline? Paying kids to learn, so they can have a better life? That’s idiotic.

11. #11
    On February 14th, 2012 at 12:44 am, Hangfire said:

    I went to High School EVERY day, because that’s where the pretty girls were.

    Girls were prettier back then, and dressed nicer.

    Most of the girls in my children’s high school look like gutter sluts. They are foul mouthed, self-absorbed, and are only interested in guys that belong in juvenile.

12. #12
    On February 14th, 2012 at 12:50 am, happy2behere said:

    I was so happy to get out of my dysfunctional home, school seemed wonderful.

13. #13
    On February 14th, 2012 at 2:15 am, Hiraghm said:

    Gingrich is a proponent of the Prussian “School to Work” model, where school is merely a preparation for the child to be plugged into his cog into the great machine rather than a means to actually make the child a knowledgeable individual.

    I first read School To Careers; The German Roots of Outcome Based Education a long time ago, last time Gingrich was running for office, I think maybe. Or maybe when Bush came out with No Child Left unIndoctrinated… Glad I found it again…

14. #14
    On February 14th, 2012 at 2:15 am, Hiraghm said:

    … and I want to know what became of scroogle…

15. #15
    On February 14th, 2012 at 5:01 am, WarEagle82 said:

    This is simply a way to prepare kids for a lifetime of government subsidy. Basically, it is unemployment benefits pre-paid…

16. #16
    On February 14th, 2012 at 7:36 am, Marsh626 said:

    It’s a testament to the dire situation that many hispanic and black students are creating for our education system. That might be politically incorrect and a tad racist to state, but it’s the ugly truth. 50%+ flunk out rates in many black student majority schools and 30%+ flunk out rates for many hispanic student majority schools and chronic behavorial problems makes those schools desperate for fixes.

17. #17
    On February 14th, 2012 at 8:18 am, Rogue Cheddar said:

    Enjoy it while it lasts kids, the way things are going, it will be the highest paying job you’ll ever have.

18. #18
    On February 14th, 2012 at 8:55 am, LOBOMAN said:

    “Teachers” never end the amazement of their ignorance. Reward bad behavior–the way to go! Idiots…

19. #19
    On February 14th, 2012 at 9:23 am, airbrush101 said:

    Maybe the ones that don’t show up are out trying to get a non-union education.

    They are out looking for some underground teachers that don’t rewrite history and teach that they should be ashamed for being American.

20. #20
    On February 14th, 2012 at 9:26 am, Dexter Alarius said:

    Well, this is no different from employers who give bonuses for perfect attendance at work.
    Oh, wait…

21. #21
    On February 14th, 2012 at 9:34 am, dan708 said:

    This is perfectly in keeping with the liberal-encouraged sense of entitlement. No surprise, here.

22. #22
    On February 14th, 2012 at 9:35 am, plymouthacclaim said:

    *sigh*
    Yet another reason why I’m glad we decided to homeschool our son.

    It’s almost become a catchphrase:

    This is why we homeschool!

23. #23
    On February 14th, 2012 at 9:38 am, cbmi said:

    And when the program ends, the kids who missed out will feel put upon. “Why don’t I get a gift card? I deserve a gift card. Why should I show up every day if I’m not going to get a gift card? They gave away gift cards last year. Who’s the selfish jerk who ended the gift card program? Somebody else has MY gift card!!”

24. #24
    On February 14th, 2012 at 10:03 am, TigerLady said:

    I don’t know if this “paying kids who are on time and attentive all day” thing will last long. First of all, it will almost certainly be found to discriminate against hypersomniacs and the chronically unmotivated:

    At which point the ACLU will come in with a lawsuit and force the school to give everyone the money. Incentive that!!

25. #25
    On February 14th, 2012 at 10:24 am, Teddy Kennedy said:

    Errah, How soon before our friends south of the border hear about this one and come a runnin. Could be called the Wet Dream Act. “The let you go to school and pay for you to attend??!! Bueno!”

26. #26
    On February 14th, 2012 at 10:24 am, Danceswithdachshunds said:

    They are just indoctrinating the kids to understand the SEIU motto – show up and get paid.

27. #27
    On February 14th, 2012 at 10:34 am, hawkeye54 said:

    Cincinnati-Area School Pays Kids to… Show Up to School

    Great idea! and we can entice them further by offering them free Moochelle approved all-you-can eat breakfasts and lunches, and restyle teaching by incorporating MTV methods in class sessions to improve student attention, add XBox recreation classes for their 30 minute morning and afternoon breaks with prizes and you couldn’t keep the kids away!

    What a country!

28. #28
    On February 14th, 2012 at 10:37 am, Republicanvet said:

    C’mon you people are so heartless. How else will little Johnny or little Suzy pay for their blackmarket junk food once Moochie forces her crap food campaign into all the schools.

29. #29
    On February 14th, 2012 at 11:19 am, hawkeye54 said:

    Hey, maybe if we gave them more money they might actually study……

    Wait until they find out how much the Teachers Union take out for “shop fees”

    They’ll have these kids unionized in no time at all.

30. #30
    On February 14th, 2012 at 11:20 am, prendad said:

    It looks like the “Obama Stupidity Syndrome” has spread to Cincinnati. My condolences. This is an extremely hard disease to cure.

31. #31
    On February 14th, 2012 at 11:28 am, hawkeye54 said:

    It looks like the “Obama Stupidity Syndrome” has spread to Cincinnati. My condolences. This is an extremely hard disease to cure.

    Decades of public education indoctrination has made it so.

32. #32
    On February 14th, 2012 at 12:01 pm, Sean100 said:

    The taxpayer funded laptops for students in the Detroit schools worked really well, for the pawn shops. Now this ! Does it matter if the students pass or fail or just show up ? No brainer here, school funding directly in proportion to attendance.

33. #33
    On February 14th, 2012 at 12:06 pm, rightisright said:

    hmmm, obviously not one of the better run charter schools, would it not be aprapo to let the school shut down for not doing as intended?

    Maybe the giverment will step in and bail the school out by providing the disincentive money intended for success.

    Once again lefty good intentions looking for their own place on the road to hell.

34. #34
    On February 14th, 2012 at 12:08 pm, rightisright said:

    Showing my age now, I was taught good work along with good attendance, one was rewarded with good citizenship and good grades on one’s report card.

35. #35
    On February 14th, 2012 at 12:14 pm, hawkeye54 said:

    Once again leftists good intentions looking out for themselves and their own place on the road to hell.

    A child not warming a seat in school is a seat the fed won’t pay for, and a reason for needing fewer schools, teachers and bureaucrats.

    The more children in attendance, the more from the fed comes to the school district, the more the justification for swelling the educational budget.

    Fewer kids, fewer federal dollars, fewer teachers, fewer union dues, smaller budget for the bureaucrats.

    Can’t have any of that.

36. #36
    On February 14th, 2012 at 1:09 pm, FirstSkirt said:

    Let me get this straight…the morons in charge are going to use taxpayer money to reward delinquents and tick off those students who have consistently shown up. This is going to result in a student or two attacking a gift-card carrying student with a hammer ala Columbine HS (this HS is vying for the coveted award of Most Dysfunctional American School ever).
    Maybe it’s me….but going to school was MY responsibility according to my parents…no excuses unless sick and, to my delight, I loved it.

37. #37
    On February 14th, 2012 at 5:26 pm, Hangfire said:

    On February 14th, 2012 at 1:09 pm, FirstSkirt said:

    Most Dysfunctional American School ever

    Waianae or Nanakuli H.S. on Oahu.

    The teachers are beaten up, and the computers are stolen every weekend.

    Individuals buildings (wooden) have been burned to the ground with regular consistency.

38. #38
    On February 14th, 2012 at 5:56 pm, Common Sense said:

    It’s not entirely a bad idea. However, the card should only be given for a C or better in ALL classes PLUS good behavior and attendance, and the entire amount of the card should be kept in an account to be distributed at graduation, only if you graduate. It can then be used for college or job expenses.

    I object to using Federal funds of course, it should be a local project.

    We did something similar for my son’s marching band. A portion of what the kids (and parents) earned during fundraising activities went into individual accounts. They could then use those accounts for any music-related expense. It worked well to motivate participation.

39. #39
    On February 14th, 2012 at 6:07 pm, Blackstone said:

    On February 14th, 2012 at 2:15 am, Hiraghm said:

    … and I want to know what became of scroogle…

    You can try DuckDuckGo. I don’t know how well it competes with Scroogle in terms of number of hits (probably not very), but at least it’s private and confidential.

40. #40
    On February 15th, 2012 at 4:57 pm, Hiraghm said:

    On February 14th, 2012 at 6:07 pm, Blackstone said:

    Scroogle “scrapes” google. It, in effect, gives me a google search w/o giving google all the information google wants.
    I’ve switched (hopefully temporarily) to duckduckgo. It’s doing a good job, so far…