My children are 30 and 27, so it’s been a while since they were in regular school. My children knew that I had high expectations for them when it came to their education. My main expectation was that they would do their work to the best of their individual abilities. My eldest daughter is highly intelligent, but she could be lazy about schoolwork (I had to keep on her a bit). My youngest daughter was extremely hard working and persistent, but suffers from some learning disabilities. Both girls managed to become honor students throughout their schooling. I didn’t give rewards for good grades because the earning of a good grade was their reward. Their consequences were natural ones. If you make a bad grade, you put in the extra time to study harder to bring it up. It’s all about work ethic and putting studies before everything else. My kids got their homework done the minute they got home from school because they knew that they could enjoy their free time when they were done.