Should children be paid to go to school?

This position holds that paying children to attend school is worthwhile. On this view attendance is the precondition for everything else schooling offers, and a payment reaches precisely the pupils whose circumstances give them a reason to stay away.

This position holds that children should not be paid to attend school. On this view payment recasts learning as work done for a fee, crowds out the interest it was meant to support, and leaves nothing behind once the money stops.