A quick look at the news from last week, compiled by Penn Hill Group: HOUSE and SENATE The House is in recess and will return Monday, November 16. The Senate will be in recess on Wednesday, November 11 only. BUDGET The President signed the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015. This bill will increase spending caps for […]
A quick look at the news from last week, compiled by Penn Hill Group: HOUSE Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) was elected as Speaker of the House. The House Education and the Workforce Committee passed H.R. 3459, the Protecting Local Business and Opportunity Act, by a vote of 21 to 15. BUDGET Congress passed the Bipartisan […]
Earlier this month, Penn Hill Group Principal Danica Petroshius served on a panel during the National Educational Telecommunications Association (NETA) professional development conference. Discussing “Current Trends and New Approaches in Learning,” Petroshius served on a panel with An Me Chung (Mozilla), Stephanie Morris (National Association of the Education of Young Children) and Carissa Moffat Miller […]
The Lumina Foundation recently hosted “The Higher Education Act at 50: A Time for Reflection and Revitalization,” where Principal Alex Nock participated. With this being the 50th anniversary of the Higher Education Act’s (HEA’s) initial passage, Lumina convened this event in part to consider how higher education can be more student-centric. Nock discussed the history […]
As a part of a training through the Department of Education’s District Reform Support Network, Principal Danica Petroshius participated in the “Race to the Top-District 2015 Personalized Learning Summit.” The day focused on building capacity for personalized learning, and Petroshius specifically discussed the national landscape of personalized learning. Petroshius, with fellow speakers Nasir Qadree, Head […]
A quick look at the news from last week, compiled by Penn Hill Group: HOUSE A floor vote for Speaker of the House is scheduled to occur on Thursday, October 29. The House Education and the Workforce Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary and Secondary Education will hold a subcommittee hearing on career and technical education […]
A quick look at the news from last week, compiled by Penn Hill Group: HOUSE and SENATE The House and Senate are in recess and will return on Tuesday, October 20. BUDGET U.S. Department of the Treasury Secretary Jack Lew sent an updated letter to Congress indicating that the debt limit is likely to be exceeded […]
HOUSE The House is in recess and will return on Tuesday, October 20. Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) announced he will no longer run for Speaker of the House. House leadership elections have been postponed. In a statement, House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) announced that he would continue serving as Speaker until a successor is in place. […]
A quick look at the news from last week, compiled by Penn Hill Group: HOUSE Speaker of the House John Boehner (R-OH) announced House leadership elections will take place on Thursday, October 8. Speaker Boehner intends to resign from the speakership and his House seat at the end of the month. The House Ways and […]
Penn Hill Group Principal Danica Petroshius was quoted in a Politico article, “No Child Left Behind: The oral history,” specifically on her experience working on the 2002 reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA): “Danica Petroshius, former education staffer for Ted Kennedy: ‘They looked around and said, ‘You can’t do an education bill […]