Today, Wednesday, February 25th, the House Education and Labor Committee will hold a hearing to build on the important conversations happening across the country on national service and volunteerism
and to examine the importance of national and community service in
meeting critical economic needs across the country. Recording Artist Usher and TIME’s Richard Stengel are among the witnesses to testify. Watch live here »
Tomorrow, Thursday, February 26th, the Subcommittee on Higher Education, Lifelong Learning, and Competitiveness will hold a second hearing about New Innovations and Best Practices Under the Workforce Investment Act at 10:00 am in 2175 Rayburn House Office Building.
All hearings will be broadcast live here.
Tomorrow, Thursday, February 26th, the Subcommittee on Higher Education, Lifelong Learning, and Competitiveness will hold a second hearing about New Innovations and Best Practices Under the Workforce Investment Act at 10:00 am in 2175 Rayburn House Office Building.
All hearings will be broadcast live here.
We need to streamline the process for citizens to volunteer in our Public Schools. PTAs are not the answer for all volunteer activities. Very few schools have setup and organize programs where citizen can sign up to volunteer. There are many reasons for this - Child Safety, Union rules, cost etc. all of which deter schools from actively soliciting for volunteers. We need to develop best practices of volunteerism in our schools. This can be a resource where districts can turn to find programs that can be adopted and implement with minimal cost and deliver improvements in educational outcomes. We need a clearing house where citizens can signup to help and then be linked to volunteer opportunities in the schools.