Despite stated commitments by many to support well-paying manufacturing jobs, a fundamental challenge persists: matching workers with those jobs and the career pathways they provide. In fact, industry experts predict that while manufacturing employers will need to fill nearly 3.5 million jobs by 2025, as...
Regardless of zip code. This simple yet powerful phrase has catalyzed education reform advocates and policy debates for decades as constituents from across the United States have rallied to ensure that all children are experiencing rigorous, high-quality educational opportunities. Title IIA of the Every Student...
Celia Gregory and National Teacher Fellows before the Teaming Up panel at the Center for American Progress When I started as National Education and Mobilization Manager with Hope Street Group in early November 2015, the National Teacher Fellows (NTFs) had just wrapped six intensive weeks of...
There was an accident. A terrible, irreversible, accident. A young family came to Hawaii for a family reunion. They stood amidst the downward growing roots of a massive banyan tree. The family dressed in beige slacks and matching white shirts. Three carefree girls smiled happily as...
Since the spring 2016, a new cohort of eight North Carolina Teacher Voice Network Leaders was selected to join the group of 19 second-year Network Leaders. With 27 current Network Leaders across the state and seven alumni, the third data collection since the program's launch...
Finds Positive Correlation Between Employment Rates and Key Measures of Opportunity Opportunity Nation’s latest report, Retail’s Opportunity: Exploring the Industry’s Impact on People and Places uses data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics and Opportunity Nation’s Opportunity Index, among other sources, to analyze the industry’s impact...
Build healthy habits, even though the food system doesn’t want you to—with Foodstand. A poor diet is the leading contributor to death in the United States[1]—higher than cigarettes, drugs, and alcohol combined. More than a third of adults are obese[2], putting them at a higher risk...
This past March at an education conference, I asked a panel on multiculturalism and diversity about best practices to increase the multicultural teachings for my students, given their limited exposure to diversity in the school. The overwhelming response of “put your rich white kids on...
Since the fall 2015 report, North Carolina Teacher Voice Network Leaders (Network Leaders) have continued to deepen their engagement with policymakers, colleagues, and educational organizations. In doing so, they have increasingly emerged as leaders in developing solutions and facilitating constructive conversations. As with the fall data...
As co-founder, former CEO and current board member of HopeStreet Group, can you elaborate on your personal view of the intersection between education, health and jobs and how that has informed your choices as founder and CEO of your new company, EatLove? I’m attracted to people who...