Schools Matter: Taxpayer money to be paid to College Board

Schools Matter: Taxpayer money to be paid to College Board:

Taxpayer money to be paid to College Board

Arne Duncan has announced that the US Department of Education will provide $21.5 million to high poverty students to pay fees for taking AP tests. In other words, $21.5 million of taxpayer money will be handed over to the College Board (new president, David Coleman, a major architect of the Common Core, a huge boondoggle for testing and computer companies).

Duncan clearly thinks this is a better investment than expanding free/reduced meal programs, improved health care for children of poverty and libraries, all ways of protecting