Penn Hill Group Senior Advisor Tom Corwin was interviewed for a November 10 Politico article, “Education Department could see brain drain.” Corwin commented on how the transition to the new Administration could impact the Department of Education (ED): “There’s a lot of uncertainty about what ED will look like … There’s a big risk there, that you’ll lose […]
Penn Hill Group Principal Vic Klatt was quoted in two Education Week articles last week. On November 9, in Education Week’s “Trump Might Want to Scrap the Education Department; How Doable Is That?” article, Klatt commented on the possibility of abolishing the Department of Education (ED); “That’s a heavy lift, and there [are] some Republicans that […]
A quick look back at the news from last week. Compiled by Penn Hill Group. HOUSE and SENATE Republicans maintained control of the House with at least 238 seats as well as control of the Senate with at least 51 seats. 25 members of the House and Senate education committees, including the committee chairmen, sent […]
Penn Hill Group Principal Vic Klatt was quoted in an October 25 Education Week article, “What Could Be in Store for Education if Democrats Get More Power in Congress?” Klatt commented on the leadership of the next Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee: “And even if Democrats take control, in the Senate, power gravitates […]
A quick look back at the news from last week. Compiled by Penn Hill Group. HOUSE and SENATE The House and Senate will be in recess until the week of November 14. House Education and the Workforce Committee Ranking Member Bobby Scott (D-VA) and 123 other House Democrats sent a letter to the House and […]
A quick look back at the news from last week. Compiled by Penn Hill Group. HOUSE and SENATE The House and Senate will be in recess until the week of November 14. ADMINISTRATION The U.S. Department of Education’s (ED) regulatory proposals on Title I, Part B, Innovative Assessment Demonstration Authority and Title I-A Assessment, under […]
Penn Hill Group Principal Vic Klatt was quoted in an October 20 Inside Higher Ed article, “Higher ed would be central in a Clinton administration, but who would carry agenda in Congress?” Klatt commented on the likelihood of passage of Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton’s free college plan in the new Congress: “Proposing it and […]
A quick look back at the news from last week. Compiled by Penn Hill Group. HOUSE and SENATE The House and Senate will be in recess until the week of November 14. House Education and the Workforce Committee Ranking Member Bobby Scott (D-VA) issued a statement applauding the 2014-2015 school year high school graduation rate […]
A quick look back at the news from last week. Compiled by Penn Hill Group. HOUSE and SENATE The House and Senate will be in recess until the week of November 14. House Education and the Workforce Committee Chairman John Kline (R-MN) and Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Chairman Lamar Alexander (R-TN) released […]
A quick look back at the news from last week. Compiled by Penn Hill Group. HOUSE and SENATE The House and Senate will be in recess until the week of November 14. Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Ranking Member Patty Murray (D-WA) sent a letter urging the U.S. Department of Education (ED) to […]