A porsche for perfect attendance?

• Position: Students get rewards on attending everyday - Brief article

Across the U.S., schools have begun to offer students rewards just for showing up every day: iPods, laptops, DVDs, grocery money for their families, even cars. Some experts say these rewards parallel the working world, where financial incentives are often given to employees who work harder or better. But Jeff Bostic, director of school psychiatry at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, disapproves. "Where does it end?" he asks. "Are we going to need to give out a Porsche Boxster? Rather than say...