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Chattanooga 2.0 Releases Birth to Career Progress Report and Updated Goals at Event

January 22, 2021

Thursday, community leaders, volunteers, and elected officials joined Chattanooga 2.0 for a virtual event to release their 2021 Report to the Community and celebrate the last five years of Chattanooga-Hamilton County’s progress towards improving birth-to-career education and workforce development outcomes. Chattanooga 2.0 partners have been at the…

Chattanooga 2.0 Announces Molly Blankenship as Executive Director

July 9, 2019

The Chattanooga 2.0 Executive Search Committee has named Molly Blankenship permanent Chattanooga 2.0 Executive Director. Since March 2019, Blankenship has served as Chattanooga 2.0 Interim Executive Director, while simultaneously working as Chattanooga Chamber Vice President, Talent Initiatives. She brings a strong background in education attainment, talent development…

Camp K Promoting ‘Readiness’ for Hamilton County Students, Parents and Teachers

June 11, 2019

Throughout the month of June, a free kindergarten readiness program called Camp K is providing access to the foundations of learning for rising kindergartners, while also providing learning sessions and resources for parents of participating students, and preparing future teachers for the classroom. “Early childhood development…

Molly Blankenship Appointed Interim Executive Director

April 17, 2019

Molly Blankenship, VP of Talent Initiatives, Chattanooga Area Chamber of Commerce, has been appointed interim executive director of Chattanooga 2.0. Blankenship has a strong background in managing programs related to education attainment, talent development and diversity, equity and inclusion. In her previous role as the Community…

720 New Parents Educated on Early Childhood Fundamentals

April 10, 2019

In its first year, volunteers with a new hospital visitation program launched by Chattanooga 2.0’s Early Matters Chattanooga Coalition have educated the families of 720 infants at area hospitals on the fundamentals of developing newborn babies and the free resources available to them. “As…

Local High School Teacher Wins Field Trip for Principal of the Year and Students

April 5, 2019

Today, students from The Howard School-- winners of Chattanooga 2.0’s ‘Thank a Principal’ contest-- learned about potential career fields and opportunities within marine life during a field trip to the Tennessee Aquarium. While exploring the different exhibits and learning what goes into caring for the water and…

Chattanooga Early Childhood Leaders Take Their Message to Nashville

March 14, 2019

Over 20 members of the Early Matters Chattanooga coalition traveled to Nashville for the Tennessee Commission on Children and Youth's 2019 Children's Advocacy Days this week to collaborate with fellow early childhood advocates from across the state and learn how to best prepare our youngest learners. “We…

Local 7th Grade Teacher Wins Field Trip for Students and Principal

December 7, 2018

On Wednesday, during a field trip to The Enterprise Center, The Company Lab, and TechTown at the Edney Innovation Center, 7th grade students and faculty from Ivy Academy-- winner of Chattanooga 2.0’s ‘Thank a Principal’ contest-- learned about career pathways, entrepreneurship, and how technology is shaping…

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