House Committee on Education and Labor
U.S. House of Representatives
Republicans
Rep. Howard P. “Buck” McKeon
Ranking Member
Fiscally responsible reforms for students, workers and retirees.
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- Recent Postings:
- Who Wants to be a Teacher? Survey says...
- What's Really Behind the "Middle Class Squeeze"?
- Paycheck Fairness?
- Energy Costs Hitting Schools Hard
- Video Clip: Food Costs & Energy Policy
- Speaking of student loan interest rates...
- School Choice in the Nation's Capital
- Standing Up for School Choice
- Minimum Wage and Unemployment?
- More Big Labor Paybacks
- Card Check Fallacy Exposed
- More Bad Press for Card Check
- DC School Choice in the Spotlight
- Education (Still) Pays
- March Jobs Report
- New McKeon Interview, Now Online
- Save Reading First!
- Interview with Secretary Spellings
- House to Vote on College Costs
- Wash Times on Teacher Performance Pay
- Wash Post on 'Card Check'
- Ed & Labor Republicans on YouTube
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Blog
Who Wants to be a Teacher? Survey says...
Posted by: Press Staff (09-12-2008, 04:19 PM)
A recent survey by the Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation finds that a whopping 42% of college-educated 24- to 60-year-olds would consider teaching as a career. As the Christian Science Monitor (CSM) highlights in a recent article, this is great news! There has been much chatter among school administrators about the staffing challenges schools will face in the coming years due to "retirements, teacher turnover, and enrollement growth." CSM also points out that while there are many alternative pathways in teaching, 32 states still require people to have a degree in the subject they want to teach.
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What's Really Behind the "Middle Class Squeeze"?
Posted by: Press Staff (09-10-2008, 07:08 PM)
Given all the rhetoric these days on the "middle class squeeze," this recent article in the Washington Post, The Real Economic Scorecard, offers an interesting counterpoint when analyzing the economic report card. Robert J. Samuelson makes the case that the rising cost of health coverage and our nation's unchecked immigration problem - essentially growing the number of residents below poverty level - are the root of our nation's economic problems. Take a moment to read this article: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/09/02/AR2008090202437.html
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Paycheck Fairness?
Posted by: Press Staff (07-30-2008, 08:18 PM)
As the House prepares to vote this week on the so-called Paycheck Fairness Act, it's worth taking a moment to set the record straight on exactly what the bill would do. While its supporters argue that it is needed to prevent women from being underpaid, the reality is that "equal pay for equal work" is already the law of the land. And it has been, for 45 years.
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Energy Costs Hitting Schools Hard
Posted by: Press Staff (07-29-2008, 08:05 AM)
USA Today has an alarming story out this morning detailing just how severely the nation's schools are likely to be impacted by high prices at the pump.
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Video Clip: Food Costs & Energy Policy
Posted by: Press Staff (07-09-2008, 11:27 AM)
Click on the video below to watch an excerpt of Rep. McKeon's opening statement delivered during today's hearing on "The Rising Cost of Food and Its Impact on Federal Child Nutrition Programs."
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