Supporting academically-based social studies curriculum standards for the Nation's elementary and secondary education public school textbooks.

Promote quality and equitable public educational opportunities for all Americans, from pre-school through advanced degrees. Support the improvement and uniformalization of high school drop out / retention rates. Support H.R. 1569 / S. 618. Support repeal of provision in HEA delaying or denying financial aid to students convicted of minor drug offenses. Ensure that access to college loans is not affected by the credit crunch. Support the President's budget as it relates to higher education and making college for affordable / accessible to low- and middle-income Americans. Support educational equity between public elementary schools; support H.R. 2451. Support public school construction bonds. Support increased funding for Historically Black Colleges and Universities. Support improving and making uniform High School retention and drop out rates; Support the Every Student Counts Act (H.R. 1569 / S. 618). Support H.R. 3221, the Student Aid and Fiscal Responsibility Act. Support the Positive Behavior for Safe and Effective Schools Act (HR 2597). Support Russlynn Ali for Assistant Secretary of Education for Civil Rights. Support increased federal funding for before- and after-school programs. Support financial literacy programs. Support the American Graduation Initiative. Support public school construction funding. Support H.R. 2597, support the Positive Behavior Supports program. Support including minority-serving educational institutions in the Cybersecurity University-Industry Task force. Oppose funding for DC School vouchers. Support H.R. 4247, establishing federal standards for school punishment. Support reforming student financial aid (support H.R. 4872). Recommendations for the reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act: Make All Students Proficient and Prepared for College and Work; Hold High Schools Accountable for Student Success; Redesign the American High School; Provide Students with Excellent Leaders and Teachers; Invest Communities in Student Success; support State-led Common Core Standards; Expand Learning Opportunities; increase high school graduation rates. Support the Student Non-Discrimination Act (H.R. 4530). Support H.R. 4080 / S. 2772, the Criminal Justice Reinvestment Act. This legislation devotes grant funding for intensive analysis of criminal justice data, policies, and the cost-effectiveness of current spending on corrections, in order to develop data driven policy options that can address this. The bill then provides resources for the implementation of solutions and for reinvesting averted prison costs to bolster such initiatives. Support the inclusion of funding necessary to keep teachers, firefighters and law enforcement personnel on the job; provide much-needed assistance to Vietnam veterans and survivors exposed to Agent Orange; to make up for the unanticipated shortfall in PELL grants for college students; to assist in the continuing Haitian relief efforts; and to help the states most affected by the Gulf Coast oil spill in the fiscal year 2010 supplemental appropriations bill. Support H.R. 4247, the Preventing Harmful Restraint and Seclusion in Schools Act. Oppose incentive compensation based directly or indirectly on applications or enrollment up to and including completion in Title IV of the Higher Education Act. Support the development of regulations that define "gainful employment" under Title IV of the Higher Education Act that is measurable and enforcable yet not overly burdensome to schools and will not have a negative impact on the enrollment of racial or ethnic minorities. Support the adoption of social studies curriculum standards which are academically cound; support H Res 1593. Supported repealing the "Rule of Nine" under the School Improvement Grants program and supported allowing school districts to use the "Transformation Model" when attempting to transform failing schools. Support Restorative Justice Initiaves. Support HR 4286. Support for increased funding of the 1890 Schools scholarship program.

Client expense: $50,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC), Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Education, Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), Federal Reserve System, Federal Trade Commission (FTC), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), Interior, Dept of (DOI), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Office of Personnel Management (OPM), SENATE, Small Business Administration (SBA), Social Security Administration (SSA), State, Dept of (DOS), Transportation, Dept of (DOT), Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA), Voice of America, White House Office

Supporting HR 2262 and S 3739, the Safe Schools Improvement Act, to prohibit bullying and harassment. Supporting HR 4530 and S 3990, the Student Nondiscrimination Act, to prohibit anti-LGBT discrimination in education. Supporting the inclusion HR 2262 and HR 4530 (or similar provisions) in House and Senate ESEA reauthorization legislation. Requesting statements and efforts to address bullying and harassment from the U.S. Departments of Education, Justice and Health & Human Services. Supproting H.R. 5894, the Pregnant and Parenting Students Access to Education Act of 2010. Support HRes 1593, a resolution supporting the adoption of social studies curriculum standards that are academically sound. Supporting S 2860, Preventing Abusive Restraint and Seclusion in Schools. Supporting disaggregation of data collected under Elementary and Secondary Education Act. Supporting changes to the Womens Educational Equity Act within the Elementary and Secondary Education Act.

Client expense: $80,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Education, Dept of, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), SENATE

H.R.2074, Pathways Advancing Career Training Act, in support of increasing career and vocational training opportunities for underrepresented groups; H.R.2262/S.3739, Safe Schools Improvement Act of 2009, in support encouraging states, districts, and schools to develop policies and programs to prevent and appropriately respond to instances of bullying and harassment; H.R.2556/S.1552, Preserving DC Student Scholarships Act and Scholarships for Opportunity and Results Act, in opposition to the extension and expansion of the DC Opportunity Scholarship Program; H.R.2597, Positive Behavior for Safe and Effective Schools Act, in support of increased implementation of school-wide positive behavior supports; H.R.2882/S.471, High School Athletics Accountability Act and High School Sports Information Collection Act, in support of the collection and dissemination of participation and expense data regarding high school athletics; H.R.3295, Removing Impediments to Students Education (RISE) Act, in support of improvements to the Free Application for Federal Student Aid; H.R.4037/S.2740, Literacy Education for All, Results for the Nation Act, in support of addressing the literacy needs of all students, H.R.4354/S.2896, School Principal Recruitment and Training Act of 2009, in support of addressing the training and professional development needs of current and aspiring school principals; H.R.4530/S.3390, Student Nondiscrimination Act, to prohibit discrimination based on gender identity or sexual orientation in public schools; H.R.4925, Healthy Media for Youth Act, in support of improving the messages the media sends girls about their body image; S.1468, Adult Education and Economic Growth Act, in support of workforce investment; S.729/H.R.1751, Development, Relief, and Education for Alien Minors Act of 2009, American Dream Act, in support of allowing undocumented students, raised in the US, to go to college, contribute to the nations economy, and start on the pathway to citizenship; Elementary and Secondary Education Act, in support of strengthening STEM education for minorities and girls, reauthorize the Women's Educational Equity Act, including provisions from H.R.2882/S.471, reducing high stakes testing, making funding mandatory, expanding the 21st Century Community Learning Centers, including bullying and harassment prevention provisions, making science a required component of the accountability measure, better disaggregation and cross tabulation in data collection and reporting, and support for secondary schools and dropout prevention; in support of equity in athletics for students with disabilities; in support of rescinding 2006 single-sex education regulations; H.R.5043, Private Student Loan Bankruptcy Fairness Act of 2010, in support of reversing special bankruptcy protections for private student lenders; S.3206, Keep Our Educators Working Act, in support of emergency funds to keep teachers in classrooms this year; H.R.5211, Family Engagement in Education Act, in support of increased efforts and resources for family engagement in education; H.R.5628, Ending Corporal Punishment in Schools Act, in support of eliminating the use of corporal punishment in schools, and safer learning environments; H.R.4899, Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2010, in support of including funding for jobs for teachers and to close the Pell grant shortfall; H.R.5894, Pregnant and Parenting Students Access to Education Act, in support of improving graduation rates among expecting or parenting secondary school students; H.RES.1593, supporting academically based social studies curriculum standards for the Nation's elementary and secondary education public school textbooks.

Client expense: $50,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Defense, Dept of (DOD), Education, Dept of, Energy, Dept of, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Natl Aeronautics & Space Administration (NASA), Natl Institutes of Health (NIH), Natl Science Foundation (NSF), Office of Faith-Based & Community Initiatives, Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, Smithsonian Institution, White House Office