Dear Colleagues,  Congress returns on Monday, after a long August recess, where they will face a full agenda and a demanding timeline with significant education funding at stake. 1. Members of Congress are in a Race Against the Clock with Critical Deadlines Looming this Fall [...]

Dear Colleagues, We will have our full-throated Washington Update for you next Friday, but we wanted to provide an interim update on the big development in the House this week – the Committee on Education and Labor’s markup of the long-awaited Reconciliation bill – which [...]

Dear Colleagues, It’s been a week for celebration for education advocates.  The House Appropriations Committee delivered on President’ Biden’s goal of a 41% increase for education for next year.  This unprecedented investment is beyond gratifying.  It feels like the decades of advocating that we have [...]

Dear Colleagues, As we approach a long holiday weekend, Congress proceeds toward a pause, only to return July 12 with a full plate to manage. 1. House Appropriations Committee Set to Move on Education Spending Bill While many Members of the Senate traveled home this [...]

Dear Colleagues, With the official arrival of summer this week comes an avalanche of items backing up on the Congressional agenda.  Fireworks won’t be the only thing on tap in Washington during July. 1. Congress Will Sprint to the Fall with a Packed July Agenda [...]

Dear Colleagues, Tomorrow marks the first time the nation will honor Juneteenth as a federal holiday.  In signing the bill that creates this new federal holiday, President Biden said that this is a day to reflect on the “moral stain, the terrible toll that slavery [...]

Dear Colleagues, This week the politicization of teaching about race continued at a fevered pitch, as the Department of Education demonstrated a remarkable penchant for a laser focus in moving forward the agenda that Biden promised.  This is looking more and more like a trademark [...]

Dear Colleagues, We offer two rather distressing summaries today – about how the teaching of our nation’s racial history has been thrown into the heart of the political arena and the mental health crisis of our young people and our educators. We hope these stories [...]

Dear Colleagues, We have had steady developments on the education front in Washington this week, leading up to a crescendo when we see President Biden’s full budget proposal just before Memorial Day. 1. President’s Detailed Budget to be Released May 27 President Biden will release [...]

Dear Colleagues, It’s been a busy week in Washington on Capitol Hill and in the Biden Administration.  And it will only get busier as Democrats increasingly feel the pressure of the midterms next year, and a threat to their slim majorities in the House and [...]