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10 Jan Group Looking to Bolster Educator Influence Announces 2014 Teacher Fellows

Posted at 01:54h in News

Friday, January 10th, 2014 The Hope Street Group, a nonprofit advocacy group focused on economic opportunity, this week announced 13 teachers and instructional coaches from across the country to participate in the group’s National Teacher Fellowship. The competitive program is designed to gives educators tools and resources they...

08 Jan Hope Street Group Announces 2014 Class of National Teacher Fellows

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Wednesday, January 8th, 2014 13 Teacher leaders will spend the year advocating for the elevation of the teaching profession Press Contact: Maureena Thompson (805) 748-2272 January 8, 2014(Washington, DC) – Today, Hope Street Group announces its 2014 cohort of National Teacher Fellows. The competitive fellowship program, which equips ambitious educators...

05 Jan Interview with GYFS/HSG Pilot Program Participant Julissa Pinto De Gracia: Leading By Example

Posted at 17:59h in Health

Originally from Panama, Julissa Pinto De Gracia has been living in the U.S. for the past ten years. Her husband is American and the couple’s two children are dual citizens. Julissa and her family travel down to Panama as much as they can, and she has...

19 Dec A Year in the Life of a Hope Street Group National Teacher Fellow

Posted at 18:29h in Education

As my year as a Hope Street Group National Teacher Fellow comes to an end, I am reflecting on the experience, what it has taught me, how it has changed me, and how it will continue to impact me even after my year is over....

13 Dec Top HR Executives Meet with U.S. Secretary of Labor and Director of NEC to Discuss Improving Demand-Driven Training Systems in the U.S.

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Friday, December 13th, 2013 New Collaboration Seeks Solutions to Meet Employer’s Workforce Needs Press Contact: Courtney Haynes (540) 320-4494 courtney@hopestreetgroup.org December 13, 2013 – (Washington, DC) – On December 3rd, Secretary of the U.S. Department of Labor Thomas E. Perez, Director of the National Economic Council Gene Sperling, Acting Deputy Secretary...

26 Nov GYFS/HSG Pilot Program Participant Rebecca Battles: Encouraging Communities to Help Raise Healthy Kids

Posted at 18:44h in Health

Rebecca Battles and her husband live in Woodbridge, VA with their 4-year-old son, Collin. Having moved in August to Northern Virginia from Dallas, where her family lived for the previous nine years, Rebecca is keenly aware of the health influences various communities can have on...