Educating Citizens

This week I had the privilege of traveling to Carrollton, Georgia, to visit the University of West Georgia and facilitate Principles and Priorities, The Concord Coalition’s interactive federal budget exercise, with students from Professor Mary Kassis’s public finance class. Over two sessions—an in-person workshop on Tuesday followed by a virtual follow-up on Thursday—students took on the role of lawmakers, grappling with the same tough decisions Congress faces in balancing fiscal responsibility with other national priorities. I was especially impressed by…