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Applications Now Open for Child Care Substitute Pilot

March 17, 2023

Chattanooga 2.0 and early childhood leaders from its Early Matters action team announced today a third round of the Quality Matters Fund (QMF) that will benefit both child care providers and early childhood educators. The focus of this QMF round is on the recruitment and retention…

SUPPORTING OUR COMMUNITY

November 29, 2022

Dear friends and community partners, On this Giving Tuesday, we want to take a moment to reflect on the meaning of this day and on how we can further the spirit of giving year-round. Giving Tuesday began ten years ago with a mission to build a…

HAMILTON COUNTY-CHATTANOOGA SELECTED AS ONE OF COUNTRY’S FIVE APPRENTICESHIP INNOVATION DISTRICTS

November 16, 2022

CHATTANOOGA, TN – BuildWithin, a national apprenticeship intermediary approved by the U.S. Department of Labor, has announced it is working closely with Hamilton County Mayor Weston Wamp, Chattanooga Mayor Tim Kelly, Hamilton County Schools Superintendent Dr. Justin Robertson, the Benwood Foundation, and Chattanooga 2.0 to establish…

Early Matters Chattanooga Launches Three-Year Early Childhood Action Plan

October 26, 2022

CHATTANOOGA, TN - Chattanooga 2.0 leaders announced Wednesday the launch of a three-year action plan for early childhood in Hamilton County. The Early Matters 2025 Early Childhood Action plan outlines strategies to improve the local early care and education system and is the culmination of one…

Hamilton County, TN’s Early Childhood System

October 18, 2022

Below is a list of the local organizations and programs that make up our local early childhood system. The list is not exhaustive, so if we missed your initiative, please let us know. EARLY CHILDHOOD DOMAINEXISTING PROGRAMS / INITIATIVESIMPACTED MEASURE OF SUCCESS Supported Families & and Supportive CommunitiesCatholic Charities SKILLED…

Tennessee’s New Third-Grade Retention Law: A Crisis of Low Scores and a Controversial Mandate

September 20, 2022

In January 2021, the Tennessee legislature convened for a special session in response to the crisis posed by the global pandemic to public education. Along with measures to address accountability, learning loss, and teacher pay, legislators also turned their attention to another crisis that has been…

HUBBARD-HEITZ JOINS CHATTANOOGA 2.0 AS DIRECTOR OF STUDENT STRATEGY AND LITERACY

August 18, 2022

Chattanooga 2.0 is excited to announce Brandon Hubbard-Heitz will join the backbone organization as the new Director of Student Strategy and Literacy. Brandon comes to the collective impact organization with more than 10 years of experience in K-12 education, including more than 7 years of service…

School board debates July 12-14 and 19-21

School Board Candidates Respond to Equity Questionnaire Ahead of Debates

July 7, 2022

2022 Hamilton County board of education candidates responded to a questionnaire on educational equity, published by Chattanooga 2.0. Their responses have been released today, in advance of the upcoming school board debates. Community members can find each candidate’s responses on the Chattanooga 2.0 website at https://chatt2.org/equity/2022-school-board/.…