I have never seen a progressive program for the 7th through 12th grade poverty students in America as is offered here in Puerto Rico. The program is quite simple and very effective to offer an alternative to kids from poverty households to apply their brains to academics with increased reinforcement. The program provides each student from a household of poverty a personal check in the amount of $200.00 a month that maintains a 3.5 grade point average.

The result is a student role model for other students to look up to who performs well under the constraints of low income with fellow students. I’m not positive but I think the program is funded with “war on drugs” money here to offer alternative funds to kids that perform in school to buy that first car. I personally think it is the absolutely best spent tax dollars I have ever seen spent! It is just too cool to see a kid in a shiny car he purchased legally with his or her academic performance.

Question for debate:

Do you think such a program would uplift impoverished students school performance?

Would you support government funding program for student exelence in academic performance form families of poverty?

Do you think such a program would provide role models for other student’s to strive for?