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Article: Pell grants vs. advanced placement.(Education)(Column)
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- USA TODAY
- Article date:
- September 1, 2004
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IN HIS 2004 State of the Union address, Pres. George W. Bush proposed to "expand Advanced Placement programs in low-income schools." The President's subsequent budget for fiscal year 2005 calls tom" $28.000.000 in additional funding for the Advanced Placement Incentive Program. This would allocate some $52,000,000 in 2005 to establish Advanced Placement programs in low-income areas and prepare more teachers to instruct these rigorous classes.
While increasing college-level educational opportunities for low income students is a worthy goal, there are more efficient and cost effective ways in achieve this aim. Specifically, the President and Congress should divert ...