A quick look back at the news from last week. Compiled by Penn Hill Group. HOUSE The House could vote as early as next Tuesday on a stopgap bill to fund the government through March 22, 2018. The current Continuing Resolution (CR) would keep the Federal government operating through February 8, 2018. On Tuesday, the […]
A quick look back at the news from last week. Compiled by Penn Hill Group. HOUSE The House Education and the Workforce Committee will hold a hearing on protecting privacy and promoting evidence based policy-making on Tuesday, January 30. SENATE On Monday of this week, Senate and House passed a Continuing Resolution (CR) that would […]
Meet Courtni Reese, a senior at the University of Georgia, who has joined Penn Hill Group as an intern for this winter/spring! Courtni is an early childhood education major with interests in political science, education policy and advocacy. See our interview with Courtni below to learn more about her and all that she brings to our […]
Former House Education and the Workforce Committee Chair Bill Goodling (R-PA) died at the age of 89 last week. Penn Hill Group Principals Vic Klatt and D’Arcy Philps have worked for Rep. Goodling as GOP staff director for the Committee and as a professional staff member for the Committee, respectively. Upon learning of his passing, […]
Meet Barbara Esuoso, a junior at Cornell University, who has joined Penn Hill Group as an intern for this fall/winter. With an interest in education inequality, Barbara is a Government major with minors in Business and Africana Studies. See our interview with Barbara below to learn more about her and all that she brings to our office. Welcome, […]
Meet Penn Hill Group’s summer interns, Erin Sullivan and Zach Schaeffer! Erin is a senior at the University of Maryland, College Park, and Zach is a senior at Washington and Lee University. See our interviews with Erin and Zach below to learn more about them and all that they bring to our office. Welcome, Erin and Zach! […]
From November 30 – December 1, Kara Marchione, Danica Petroshius and Harry Shipps from Penn Hill Group traveled to Park City, UT to help the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) lead an interactive, results-focused meeting for public television stations participating in PBS’ Teacher Community Partnership grant program. Using design thinking methods and hands-on facilitation, Kara, Danica […]
Dear Friends and Colleagues, As we are all keenly aware, the Federal education policy landscape is constantly evolving. In order to keep up in this ever-changing environment and provide our clients with the highest-quality support and advice, Penn Hill Group has expanded its services and staff. Earlier this summer, we announced the addition of convenings […]
On August 3, 2016, Penn Hill Group Principal Danica Petroshius participated as a panelist at Every Hour Counts’ Third Annual System-Building Institute in Chicago. Every Hour Counts is a coalition of organizations that work to increase access to quality learning opportunities, particularly for under-served students. Danica presented on a panel about effective advocacy at the […]
On July 26-27, 2016, Penn Hill Group provided strategic convening support and content expertise to the Mozilla Foundation, who along with facilitation support by the IDEO Design for Learning team, held a design convening in Aurora, Colorado for states interested in exploring competency-based education and digital credentials. At the convening, Penn Hill Group’s Danica Petroshius […]
