You have probably heard a lot about Velocity 2040 and Chattanooga Climbs lately. What are these things and why do they matter?
More than 100 community organizations and employers joined together with the Chattanooga Chamber of Commerce to create Velocity 2040 - a campaign to gather voices…
Spring is in full bloom and teachers are preparing final lesson plans for the year, which can mean only one thing--summer break is almost upon us!
That also means it’s time for Camp Kindergarten.
Camp K is a free pre-K readiness program open to ALL Hamilton…
On April 10, education partners, businesses, and community members joined to celebrate Public Education Foundation’s thirty years of hard work and dedication to our schools and community.
Howard School graduate, Daphne M. Penn, told her story at the anniversary luncheon about how PEF helped change…
When the Chattanooga 2.0 report was released nearly three years ago, we identified that Hamilton County would need an additional 4,000 early childhood and pre-K seats to fulfill potential demand and to help get more children ready for kindergarten. The Early Matters action team set out…
Q: What is STEP-UP?
A: STEP-UP is a summer internship program for Hamilton County Public School students in grades 10 - 12 sponsored by the Public Education Foundation. STEP-UP helps students build soft skills and their professional network desired by employers, while giving them…
On January 25th and 26th, educators, service providers, parents, caregivers, and community members all came together to discuss and learn about a very important topic: ACEs, Adverse Childhood Experiences.
ACEs are traumatic, toxic stress situations, such as physical, sexual, and psychological abuse, that can have detrimental…
Chattanooga is at the forefront of discussions on ACEs (Adverse Childhood Experiences), which are toxic stress situations occurring in the first 100 days of life. In many cases, these early childhood traumas can follow a person from birth through the rest of their life.
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Before we turn our attention to the resolutions and goals of the New Year, we would like to take a moment to reflect on the coalition’s work during 2018.
Our staff and volunteers have spent the year highly focused on the 4 A’s: Aligning priorities, Amplifying messaging,…