The Stupid, It Burns

Via Afro-netizen, an NYT story about paying students to take and perform well on standardized tests:

Roland G. Fryer, a 30-year-old Harvard economist known for his study of racial inequality in schools, is back in New York to again promote a big idea: Pay students cash for high scores on standardized tests and their performance might improve. And he has captured the attention of Schools Chancellor Joel I. Klein and Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg.

I have nothing to say besides that this is the stupidest thing I've ever heard, and it's wrong to boot. Blech all around.

Talk about just applying capitalist values to everything.