The practice of paying students to earn good grades either in class or on standardized achievement tests has touched off a storm of controversy. Praised by some educators as a way of linking economic rewards to school performance, it is being tested in a number of large cities, such as New York, Baltimore and Chicago, as well as some smaller…

Identifies two fundamental change strategies, incremental and transformational, and the relationship between them, describes the circumstances appropriate for each strategy, and suggests steps for translating each strategy into action. Both strategies are required to maintain organizational and personal effectiveness if growth and renewal are…