Second FY2008 Supplemental Appropriations for Military Operations, International Affairs, and Other Purposes

This report discusses a bill providing $212.2 billion in supplemental appropriations for FY2008 and FY2009. The measure includes$169.1 billion for military operations in Iraq, Afghanistan and elsewhere, $9.9 billion for international affairs programs, and$33.1 billion for domestic programs, of which $15.6 billion is for extended unemployment compensation

FY2007 Supplemental Appropriations for Defense, Foreign Affairs, and Other Purposes

This report contains information on federal appropriations for the fiscal year 2007 in the area of defense, foreign affairs, and related subjects

FY2009 Spring Supplemental Appropriations for Overseas Contingency Operations

This report discusses the White House's request for supplemental appropriations that include funding for defense, foreign affairs, and domestic fire fighting. The report details the different programs and areas that the appropriations would fund, including operations in Iraq and Afghanistan, preparedness and emergency management measures relating to the swine flu outbreak, border security between the United States and Mexico, benchmark assessment in Afghanistan and Pakistan, and other general defense operations

Land Use Trends in the Rocky Mountain West: The Role of the Rocky Mountain Land Use Institute

As one of the fastest-growing regions of the country, the communities of the intermountain West are poised to lead the nation in many ways, including how we manage change, create communities, and foster local places that contribute to a very high quality of life by nurturing and valuing the natural assets that make this region so special. This essay will reflect on how development patterns in the region have shifted over time. This essay will also ponder some potential emerging trends and areas of focus for the future, in the hopes that future scholars, students, and practitioners will build on his important legacy

Land Use Trends in the Rocky Mountain West: The Role of the Rocky Mountain Land Use Institute

As one of the fastest-growing regions of the country, the communities of the intermountain West are poised to lead the nation in many ways, including how we manage change, create communities, and foster local places that contribute to a very high quality of life by nurturing and valuing the natural assets that make this region so special. This essay will reflect on how development patterns in the region have shifted over time. This essay will also ponder some potential emerging trends and areas of focus for the future, in the hopes that future scholars, students, and practitioners will build on his important legacy

Preparing Future School Leaders to Ensure Racial, Ethnic, Linguistic, and Socio-Economic Equity in Education: The Third Way

Preparing educational leadership to ensure equity in our schools has become a focus of principal preparation programs with some programs relying on a conventional approach, others using a critical approach, and some using a combination of approaches. Despite a focus on equity, students\u27 race and ethnicity continue to predict the educational attainment of students in our schools and their subsequent economic prosperity. As demographics in European countries and the United States change, the need to educate children of all racial, ethnic, and linguistic backgrounds is no longer only of moral importance, it is of urgent economic significance. To ensure economic prosperity and equitable opportunity, leaders must believe in all students, and they must act accordingly so that every student thrives in our schools. Relying on conventional approaches has failed, and many believe that a pure reliance on critical theory is also failing (Gordon, 2012a; Gordon, 2012b). A theoretical model for a third way of preparing leaders for equity and social justice includes awareness, care, critique, expertise, community, accountability, with relationships at the model\u27s center (Gordon, 2012b, p. 3). In this paper, we apply Gordon\u27s theory (2012) to one strategy we use to prepare leaders to lead for equity and social justice, the Problem Based Learning (PBL) Project. This paper includes an overview of the PBL project, describes the impact of the PBL project on schools and districts, and draws conclusions about the effectiveness of the PBL Project for developing leadership to ensure equity in schools, as described by Gordon\u27s (2012b) model

FY2008 Supplemental Appropriations for Global War on Terror Military Operations, International Affairs, and Other Purposes

This report reviews congressional action on FY2008 supplemental appropriations through December 2007

110th Congress

This report discusses supplemental appropriations for fiscal years 2008 and 2009. During its first session, the 110th Congress approved fiscal year 2008 emergency supplemental appropriations of $86.8 billion for the Department of Defense and$2.4 billion for international affairs