Archive > July 2009

New $ for School Culture and Climate

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. [...]

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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 [...]

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Hill Briefing Highlights

Highlights from the Hill briefing last week on School Connectedness:

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