PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania -- The principal at a southwest Philadelphia elementary school has a cold, hard incentive to get students to stop fighting -- cash.
Stephanie Andrewlevich is the principal at Mitchell Elementary School, and here's how she's "managing behavior," as she puts it.
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If all her students make it to graduation with no physical violence, each student gets a cold, crisp $100 bill.
It's drawn both cheers and criticism. But either way, she says it's working.
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So far this year, only eight percent of the students have been suspended. That's down 17 percent from last year.
As for who will foot the $3,300 bill if the peace promotion works, Andrewlevich says she'll pay for it herself, unless a sponsor steps up.