The House recently passed and the Senate is in the process of debating the Serve America Act (HR 1388/S 277). The bill will improve and expand national and community service programs and strengthen the infrastructure for volunteerism within the nonprofit community. It looks likely that the Senate version of the bill will authorize a new [...]
Archive > March 2009
Quote of the week
“We’ve spent years working on ways to restructure schools, but what matters most is the relationship between one student and one teacher. You ask a kid who has graduated from high school to list the teachers who mattered in his life, and he will reel off names. You ask a kid who dropped out, and [...]
5 Pillars of Education Reform
President Obama gave a speech yesterday outlining his five pillars of education reform. His complete remarks can be found here. My two favorite lines from the speech:
Let us all make turning around our schools our collective responsibility as Americans.
Yes, we need more money; yes, we need more reform; yes, we need to hold ourselves more [...]
7 Days Later
It’s been one week since President Obama released his budget blueprint for the upcoming year. The document released last week contains broad budget priorities and key goals for each of the federal agencies but does not provide specific details on a majority of the specific programs within each agency. The real gold nuggets of information [...]
