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A new report says children money to exams does not help exam grades. The report says parents could be their money by using cash to get their kids to more. However, the promise of a trip somewhere nice could students to try harder and better at school. Researchers from the University of Bristol (in England) and the University of Chicago (in the USA) at how promises of cash and tickets to events students' studying and learning. Over 10,000 pupils in part in the research throughout the year 2012. There was an improvement in classwork and homework, but this did not in better test scores.

Lead researcher Dr Simon Burgess the research looked at the wrong areas. He said it had not at the things that really got students to their effort. He added that: "Clearly, some pupils a lot of [goals] and believe that education is a way of getting what they out of life, but there are kids who that working hard doesn’t make a difference." He said these children exam success is "all in your genes" because of their family background. Education expert Dr Kevan Collins said good teachers were better than promises of rewards to children to study, especially for children from low-income families. He wrote: "What really the difference is how students are ."

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