140,000 Families Across Tennessee Enrolled in Ready4K Text-Based Program: GELF & TDOE Partner for Largest Statewide Rollout
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Governor’s Early Literacy Foundation and TDOE Partnership Reflects the Largest Statewide Rollout of Ready4K in U.S. Nashville, TN – Today, Governor’s Early Literacy Foundation (GELF), in partnership with the Tennessee Department of Education (TDOE), announced a...
Governor’s Early Literacy Foundation partners with Amazon to gift patrons of five Middle Tennessee Second Harvest Food Bank distribution agencies with children’s books from Scholastic, feeding bodies and minds this holiday season Nashville, TENNESSEE – In partnership...
PRESS RELEASEContact: Whitney ToppingWhitney@walkercomms.com(212) 920-1557 Public-private initiative works to prevent “COVID Slide” and to support student learning in the classroom and in the home NASHVILLE, Tenn. (October 21, 2020) – Today, Governor’s Early Literacy...
Governor’s Early Literacy Foundation (GELF) joined the Metro-Nashville Police Department (MNPD) on Friday, Nov. 6, to install the first MNPD “Little Library,” as part of their initiative to bring the joy of reading and books to low-income neighborhoods. GELF donated...
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...
September 9, 2020PRESS RELEASE Nissan’s long-time support of Governor’s Early Literacy Foundation has helped send books to 116,000+ children in Middle Tennessee since 2005 NASHVILLE, Tenn. (Sept. 9, 2020)-- Nissan North America deepened its investment in and...
September 1, 2020PRESS RELEASE Follow Tennessee’s biggest influencers on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook throughout September as they support Governor’s Early Literacy Foundation’s efforts to strengthen early literacy in Tennessee NASHVILLE, Tenn. (Sept. 1,...
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...
Governor’s Early Literacy Foundation (GELF) and Scholastic, the global children’s publishing, education and media company, will provide 2,100 students and educators in Tennessee with summer take-home book packs at no cost to families or school districts. All...
Governor’s Early Literacy Foundation announces its K-3rd Grade Summer Reading pilot to provide 30,000 students in Tennessee with six books, piloting a Summer Collection from Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library, at no cost to families or school districts. All...
