"Straight A's: Public Education Policy and Progress" is a biweekly newsletter that focuses on education news and events both in Washington, DC and around the country. The following articles are included in this issue: (1) President Bush Releases Fiscal Year 2007 Budget: Education Funding Cut by $2.1 Billion; $100 Million Request for…

In this hearing, Congressman John R. Rarick (Louisiana) helped put forth a concurrent resolution that each officer or employee of the Federal Government residing and working in the District of Columbia should send his children to the D. C. Public Schools. Congressman Rarick, and William Robinson from the District of Columbia government, were among…

THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE UNIVERSITY AND THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IS STUDIED IN TERMS OF THEIR MUTUAL CLIMATE. THREE ASPECTS OF THIS CLIMATE ARE DISCUSSED--(1) THE NEW PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN HIGHER EDUCATION AND THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT DEVELOPED THROUGH LEGISLATION, (2) THE ADAPTATIONS MADE BY INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER LEARNING TO GOVERNMENTAL…

Presents a directory of 52 federal government offices and programs which employ historians in the Washington, D.C. area. For each entry, the following information is given: agency name, name of the official in charge, address, and telephone number. (Author/DB)

Reports on major activities and personalities in the District of Columbia. (PF)

In August 2004 the first ever federally funded school voucher program began in Washington, D.C. Eligible students could attend a private school of their choice in the District of Columbia. Each participant received up to $7,500 for school tuition, fees, and transportation. In addition, the D.C. Public School System (DCPS) and D.C. charter school…

This book for third-to-eighth graders explains why government is needed, what it does, and how it works, by providing a grand tour of Washington, DC. The guided reading level is Q-R and the Fry level is 3.8. The suggested grade range is 3-8.

This report tracks federal spending from 1960 to 2006 and uses current policy and some assumptions to project activity through 2017. The report looks at more than 100 major programs that aim to improve children's lives through income security, health care, social services, food and nutritional aid, housing, education, training, and tax credits and…

This testimony, before a public hearing of the New York Commission on Human Rights in May 1974, by the executive director of the Housing Opportunities Council for Metropolitan Washington, emphasizes that if the federal government took an active role in dealing with equal housing opportunity, it could do much to attain it. (Author/JM)

THE 14 PAPERS APPEARING IN THIS REPORT OF THE PROCEEDINGS ARE--(1) "LEADERSHIP FOR INTELLECTUAL FREEDOM IN HIGHER EDUCATION," (2) "SOME IMPLICATIONS OF FEDERAL INVOLVEMENT IN EDUCATION," (3) "OLD AND NEW FRONTIERS," (4) "FRONTIERS, REAL AND MYTHICAL," (5) "CHALLENGES FOR TEACHER EDUCATION," (6)…

The General Accounting Office reviewed Federal libraries, i.e., executive agency libraries, in Metropolitan Washington to identify problems common to the libraries and to determine how they are being handled. The review revealed that: a central depository could provide numerous benefits; microforms are not used substantially; central direction is…

The roles of direct service, training and education of physicians and nurses, direct consultation, and administrative mental health training are discussed as they relate to mental health services to Federal employees in the Washington area subject to stresses resulting from individuality loss, responsibility diffusion, frequent reorganizations,…

This is a comprehensive record of a Congressional hearing on three bills dealing with teachers' pay and retirement benefits in the District of Columbia. Included is testimony on the following measures: H. R. 14662, a bill to authorize the District of Columbia to provide for increases in teachers' salaries and retirement benefits; H. R. 14400, a…

Hearings before the House of Representatives served as a public forum for representatives from the District of Columbia City Council, academia, local schools including the City of Baltimore, Maryland, and the private sector to share their experiences, successes, and concerns about the education of children in urban areas. The chairman of the…

Construction began on the memorial to Abraham Lincoln in 1915, fifty years after his assassination. Sculptor, Daniel Chester French, designed the statue to honor the 16th U.S. President. French had gained a national reputation with his earlier portrayal of "The Minute Man," a statue to honor those colonials who died at Lexington and…