The President’s fiscal year 2010 budget, released in February, included a new competitive grant program at the Dept. of Education focused on school culture and climate. However, the budget proposal is exactly that, a proposal. A suggestion. A blueprint. Congress has the prerogative to modify or completely ignore the President’s plan. [...]
Archive > July 2009
Teens on the Hill, Part 2
I’ve said it before (and I’ll say it again), I love seeing teenagers on Capitol Hill. I especially love it when they are in Washington to advocate for an issue that they care passionately about. I recently stumbled into a rally in Upper Senate Park (across the street from the U.S. Capitol) where [...]
