Source 5. Structural Motivation Most burgeoning change agents think about both individual and social factors, but they leave out the role “things” play in encouraging and enabling vital behaviors. To check for this source, ask: Do rewards and sanctions encourage them? There is little perceived incentive to stay the course at most at-risk schools. In fact, some inner city youth see far more benefits from getting a job (legal or illegal) than from getting an education. At KIPP, fun rewards are offered to kids who have done everything on time for the month. For example, they get to attend the
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