Articles By Author Dan Lips
Articles by Dan Lips
11/01/2008 12:00 AM
As students headed back to school this fall, schools nationwide faced a new challenge: high gas prices. A new Congressional report finds the price hikes ...(read more)
09/01/2008 12:00 AM
In July the U.S. Congress debated the future of the DC Opportunity Scholarship program, the federal initiative helping 1,900 low-income students attend ...(read more)
06/01/2008 12:00 AM
April marked the 25th anniversary of the release of the 1983 report "A Nation at Risk," which highlighted widespread problems in American education.
The ...(read more)
05/01/2008 12:00 AM
Budget resolutions passed by the U.S. Senate and House include significant boosts for education spending in FY 2009.
Both budget resolutions were passed ...(read more)
04/01/2008 12:00 AM
President George W. Bush's 2009 budget request for the federal government, released in February, includes a proposal to boost federal funding for the Washington, ...(read more)
03/01/2008 12:00 AM
While President George W. Bush and congressional Democrats marked the sixth anniversary of the signing of the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB), it seemed ...(read more)
02/01/2008 12:00 AM
Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-MN) has introduced in Congress the School Choice for Foster Kids Act, a measure that would amend an existing federal program to ...(read more)
01/01/2008 12:00 AM
The U.S. House Education and Labor Committee has voted unanimously to approve legislation to reauthorize federal higher education programs for the next ...(read more)
12/01/2007 12:00 AM
The Bush administration and Congressional Democrats continue to pledge their commitment to seeing the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) reauthorized during ...(read more)
10/01/2007 12:00 AM
About 1,800 children in Washington, DC headed to private schools in August using tuition scholarships provided through the DC Opportunity Scholarship fund. ...(read more)
09/01/2007 12:00 AM
In July, Congress passed legislation to overhaul federal student aid programs for higher education.
The House of Representatives voted 273-149 on July ...(read more)
08/01/2007 12:00 AM
After months of committee hearings, congressional leaders are now looking to begin the legislative process for the scheduled reauthorization of the No Child ...(read more)
07/05/2007 12:00 AM
As Congress considers reauthorization of the No
Child Left Behind Act of 2001, it should recognize
the need for fundamental reform of federal K–12
education ...(read more)
06/05/2007 12:00 AM
Children in foster care are at greater risk of
poor life outcomes than are children in the
general population. The quality of a foster
child’s primary ...(read more)
06/01/2007 12:00 AM
In its 2008 budget proposal, the Bush administration proposed cutting 44 U.S. Department of Education programs to save approximately $2.2 billion annually. ...(read more)
05/01/2007 12:00 AM
As Congressional committees opened hearings on reauthorization of the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) in mid-March, conservative lawmakers on Capitol Hill ...(read more)
04/01/2007 12:00 AM
In February, the No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Commission--co-chaired by former Gov. Roy Barnes (D) of Georgia and former Gov. Tommy Thompson (R) of Wisconsin--released ...(read more)
03/01/2007 12:00 AM
With Democratic majorities taking control of the U.S. Congress, in late January the new chairmen of the committees overseeing federal education programs ...(read more)
01/01/2007 12:00 AM
Higher education programs are expected to take center stage in the 110th Congress. The Democrats campaigned aggressively in 2006 on a platform of increasing ...(read more)
12/01/2006 12:00 AM
In September, U.S. Sens. Jim DeMint (R-SC) and Barack Obama (D-IL) introduced S. 3995, the Education Opportunity Act, to provide college-level opportunities ...(read more)
11/01/2006 12:00 AM
The U.S. House of Representatives voted in September to pass reform legislation to add greater transparency to federal spending.
The legislation, which ...(read more)
10/01/2006 12:00 AM
U.S. Sen. Sam Brownback (R-KS) introduced legislation in July to amend the federally funded D.C. Opportunity Scholarship program to allow participating ...(read more)
09/01/2006 12:00 AM
In July, U.S. Rep. Bob Beauprez (R-CO) introduced the Partnership for Academic Success in the States (PASS) Act (H.R. 5854). The legislation would allow ...(read more)
07/01/2006 12:00 AM
This spring, the Bush administration proposed an initiative to give thousands of underprivileged children in failing public schools the option to attend ...(read more)
11/15/2005 12:00 AM
