Dear Colleagues –Today makes summer official!  I’m off to VCU for the final seminar of an amazing group of doc students (you know who you are!!!) and then on to the Outer Banks for some fun in the sun with my cousins. The House has [...]

Dear Colleagues:Happy Friday! I started my week in NYC visiting a fabulous early childhood program called Beekman House in the south Bronx.  They have a partnership with Bank Street College. I was once again rendered speechless (hard to do :) ) by the incredible teaching [...]

Dear Colleagues:After a 10-day Memorial Day recess, Congress returned for a brief three-day session and then hit the road again.   They will roar back into town next week with a plate full of funding issues to address. 1. Budget and Appropriations: House on the Move!The [...]