President and CEO Monique Nadeau's Blog on TheHill.com

No more waiting when it comes to primary care

In systems as big and complex as the U.S. healthcare system, movement does not come easy. Change is hard, and institutional inertia is the norm. The default is to wait and see. Right now, the vast majority of our healthcare system doing just that. It’s seven months into waiting and seeing what healthcare reform ultimately has in store. Before that, it waited to see what healthcare reform would look like. It’s waiting to see what the insurance companies will do, what hospitals will do, what accountable care organizations will do, and so forth.

Gothamschools.org previews Teacher Evaluation Systems policy project

New York education blog Gothamschools.org previews a new Hope Street Group online policy collaboration project working to define elements of a quality teacher evaluation system:

Economic Stimulus: Fixing the Car While We're Driving It

Hope Street Group has likened our pressing national challenges - particularly around the recovery legislation - to "fixing the car while driving it," an evocative metaphor underscoring the somewhat counterintuitive nature of such a feat.

WSJ "Real Time Economics" blog explores Economic Opportunity Index

The "Real Time Economics" blog at The Wall Street Journal takes a look at Hope Street Group's Economic Opportunity Index (EOI) as "a new way to measure the road to prosperity."

Harvesting the Returns of Quality Preschool

Presidential candidates, take note.  Voters want a leader who envisions a strong and prosperous American 21st century and who will do whatever necessary to make that positive future a reality.  The public's negative response to the presidential veto of S-CHIP reflects broad dissatisfaction with government being driven by party politics rather than sensible policy.

Don't Create New Ghettos

A Hope Street Group op-ed, authored by Amanda Levinson and Dmitri Mehlhorn, in the Dallas-Fort Worth Star-Telegram. 

Turning Katrina's disaster into Hope

Hope Street Group's Amanda Levinson and Dmitri Mehlhorn write about opportunity and redemption in the San Diego Union-Tribune.

Chairman Byron Auguste as the center on "Left, Right, Center"

Hope Street Group board chairman Byron Auguste occupies the center on KCRW's popular "Left, Right and Center" program. 

OP-ED: Legislators Must Overhaul Medical-Malpractice Guidelines

Carrie Nixon of Hope Street Group co-authors an op-ed on medical-malpractice guidelines with Jim Copland.  The article appears on DailyJournal.com.

The Biggest Tax is Debt

Byron Auguste of Hope Street Group co-authors "The Biggest Tax is Debt," an op-ed in The Boston Globe.