High-scoring, low-income students will be paid to pivot toward college

The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative (CZI), the education-focused organization of Mark Zuckerberg and his wife, Priscilla Chan, will fund a program in Rhode Island in which students are paid for each step they take on the path to attending college, notes Chalkbeat.Rhode2College will give cash incentives to students who scored well on the PSAT and who qualify for free or reduced-price lunch as they complete prescribed college preparation steps, such as pinpointing schools to apply to and completing financial aid paperwork.The initiative, with 1,200 students presently eligible, is costing the state of Rhode Island nothing for now. CZI is fully funding the program for the first two years. If successful, the state will then pick up the tab going forward.