Tie Welfare Benefits To Children's Grades?

i honestly believe that if a child wants to succeed, they will, regardless of the type of school they go to. if anything, parent input is what will make them succeed. parents doing the basics such as checking homework, signing book diaries, reading together (even 15mins a day), showing their faces at school, calling here and there on the phone for progress report, etc can make a difference. the parent does not even need to be educated to do all that...it is actually minimal input. 

in low income areas they have so many FREE after school stuff where the parents can really take advantage but they rarely don't. i don't understand why. it's a win-win situation...send the child to learn, have some free time to yourself instead of letting your child run amok on streets. 

i don't see that as the point. the point would be for children to have the education to not fall into the cycle. 

and for that, i wouldn't mind them spending money. 

and if they aren't getting the grades, a parent might be more concerned to actually see progress by going to those teacher meetings, and finding out why their student is doing all they can in the classroom... but getting sucky grades.