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23 Feb Tennessee Launches Statewide Partnership with Hope Street Group Teacher Fellowship to Connect TN Teachers to Education Policy

Posted at 02:06h in Publications

Monday, February 23rd, 2015 The Tennessee Department of Education announced today a new partnership with Hope Street Group, a national nonprofit organization known for its teacher engagement work. The Tennessee Education Association and the State Collaborative on Reforming Education (SCORE) join the department in partnership supporting...

18 Feb Working with STEMconnector and Others to Advance a Jobs-Driven Economy

Posted at 15:38h in Jobs

In this new era of rapid technological advancement and a swiftly changing jobs landscape, it is more important than ever that we work together to ensure that members of our budding workforce (along with those seeking to grow or change their careers) are educated and...

09 Feb Students First in the Age of Accountability: What Teachers Can Learn from Dean Smith

Posted at 21:30h in Education

The death of former basketball coach Dean Smith has lessons for us as teachers. A common theme has emerged in the career of Dean Smith, which is that of the “player first” coach. Former players interviewed about their coach talk little about what he taught...

03 Feb #CrossSectorLearning: Working to Live vs. Living to Work

Posted at 21:42h in Uncategorized

To kick off 2015, Hope Street Group hosted a Twitter chat using the hashtag#CrossSectorLearning and invited members of our network to participate and share their experiences learning about their future careers. Key to this chat was that we wanted to have a variety of groups...

18 Dec Career Pathways in Education … A One-lane Dirt Road

Posted at 21:42h in Uncategorized

Careers are a funny thing. My grandfather once told me that if you find the thing you love to do and you do that for a living, you will never work a day in your life. He was right. However, doing what you love to...

15 Dec What I Am: A Teacher

Posted at 21:52h in Education

Today is my sixtieth birthday. In Chinese tradition, I am told, a person reaching this age begins life anew, starting over as a young child. I love this image of a very mature adult putting aside the serious and mundane to frolic in the delights...

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