A. appropriately; B. misleading; C. positive; D. success; E. absence; F. disturbing; G. awarded; H. contents; I. statistics; J. graduate; K. approximately; L. rewarded; M. earn; N. grant; O. attendance In West Virginia and in New York, one out of four students drops out of high school. In Washington, DC, the [21] are even worse. One half of all high school students never [22] . Nationwide, the overall dropout rate is [23] 29 %. Many say they drop out because they are bored. Because of this, U.S. educators are trying to figure out a way to stop this [24] trend. In Milwaukee, some Schools are having lotteries for used cars for students who stay in school. In Philadelphia, at-risk students are being [25] summer jobs for staying m school. But in a New Jersey high school, one principal is using money, not jobs, as an incentive (刺激).
This school received a hundred-thousand-dollar [26] to pay students who are at risk of dropping out. When these students go to school on time, bring their notebooks, and do their homework, they [27] five dollars a day. This means students can bring home a twenty-five dollar check every week-for going to classes five days in a row. While the program is new, the principal claims that he has already achieved a higher rate of [28] with this money incentive. But some say it is too early to talk about the, program's [29] . Still others feel that even if it does work, using money as an incentive is [30]
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