The Governor has rolled out a very useful tool for understanding the moving parts in his tax package
Quality Early Education: A Means to Securing the American Dream?
In the course of our school visits, Senator Brownsberger and I have witnessed many challenges faced by today’s educators, as well as the impressive work they do with limited resources. Americans have long considered hard work and education as key to achieving the American dream. Recent studies demonstrate, however, that the United States is “less …
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Investment in Quality Early Education
Please share your thoughts here regarding the potential for improving students’ and societies’ long-term outcomes by investing in quality early education. Please feel free to reference this piece I wrote to open the conversation: http://willbrownsberger.com/quality-early-education-a-means-to-securing-the-american-dream/.
Armenian Genocide
Recently, I’ve received several emails in the form quoted below, opposing the teaching of the Armenian Genocide. I have been replying as follows. I do support Jon Hecht’s bill, House 420 which would mandate teaching about historical genocides, including the Armenian genocide. I think it would be reasonable to add other historical genocides to the …
How will we feel the federal budget sequester?
The federal budget sequestration will strain some visible federal programs — Head Start, air traffic control. It will hurt the poor. But what will the federal budget sequestration do to state and local government budgets? There are enough moving parts that the answer is not clear, but it appears that, overall, most state and local …
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How will the federal budget sequester affect state and local government budgets?
The federal budget sequestration will strain some visible federal programs — Head Start, air traffic control. But what will the federal budget sequestration do to state and local government budgets? There are enough moving parts that the answer is not clear, but it appears that, overall, most state and local governments will feel relatively limited …
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