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Charlotte looked at the grade, then at the fifty dollars that appeared in her account. She didn’t buy anything. She let the money sit there — a quiet reminder that some incentives work too well, and that the best reward for learning might be learning itself.

The Price of an A

It started simply: for every A on a test or major project, Charlotte would receive fifty dollars. B’s brought twenty. Anything below a C? A deduction from her monthly allowance. Charlotte Rayn - Incentivizing Good Grades -04....

But by week six, the cracks showed.