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Op-Ed: A Healthy Society is an Educated Society (The Tennessean)

Op-Ed: A Healthy Society is an Educated Society (The Tennessean)

James Pond, Guest ColumnistPresident, Governor's Early Literacy FoundationOp-ed featured in The Tennessean September is Early Literacy Month in Tennessee. With many young students not entering classrooms this September, early literacy initiatives are carrying even...

Join #TeamReadTN & Help Build TN’s Lifelong PlayBOOK!

Join #TeamReadTN & Help Build TN’s Lifelong PlayBOOK!

We are excited to launch Team Read TN (#TeamReadTN) in support of Early Literacy Month this September. Some of Tennessee’s most prominent figures, including Governor Bill Lee and First Lady Maria Lee, Tennessee Titans staff and the Tennessee Titans Wives...

Meet Booker, the GELF Owl Mascot

Meet Booker, the GELF Owl Mascot

Dear Governor's Early Literacy Foundation Friends,  My name is Booker, and I am Governor's Early Literacy Foundation's mascot and favorite owl friend. Thank you so much for helping me find my name. I love the name Booker because I love books and...