PRESS RELEASEOctober 19, 2021 Governor’s Early Literacy Foundation selects 21 educators across Tennessee to serve as a consulting body to help determine the best resources to combat learning loss in students NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Governor’s Early Literacy Foundation...
Op-Ed from James Pond: Literacy Month shines a light on our responsibility to kids
Op-EdSeptember 8, 2021 You’re reading this because you learned to read. September is Tennessee Literacy Month, and we need this focus on reading more than ever. Less than 1/3 of Tennessee third graders read proficiently. Tennessee Comprehensive Assessment Program...
Tennessee Literacy Month shines a light on early literacy need in response to post-COVID decline in reading proficiency
PRESS RELEASESeptember 8, 2021 In honor of Tennessee Literacy Month in September, Governor Bill Lee and Governor’s Early Literacy Foundation encourage Tennesseans to help strengthen early literacy across the state NASHVILLE, Tenn. — September is Tennessee Literacy...
Tennessee Titans Rookies Make Community Debut with Story Time in Support of Governor’s Early Literacy Foundation
PRESS RELEASEJune 21, 2021 Tennessee Titans 2021 rookies join Governor’s Early Literacy Foundation and the Nashville Public Library Bordeaux Branch for “Titans Rookies Read” story time, in support of summer reading to combat learning loss June 21, 2021, Nashville,...
Governor’s Early Literacy Foundation Announces 2nd Annual Summer K-3 Book Delivery Program, Delivering 500,000 Books Directly to Tennessee Students & Teachers at Home
PRESS RELEASEJune 15, 2021 110,000 teachers and students statewide, including every rising first grader, will benefit from the program as part of GELF’s “Stop the Slide!” campaign to combat summer learning loss June 15, 2021, Chattanooga and Savannah, Tenn. -- To...
140,000 FAMILIES ACROSS TENNESSEE ENROLLED IN READY4K TEXT-BASED PROGRAM
PRESS RELEASEJanuary 11, 2021 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...
Second Harvest Food Banks of Middle Tennessee Receive Extra Nourishment with 17,000+ Book Donation from Governor’s Early Literacy Foundation
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...
Little Libraries, Big Impact: Local Partnership with Metro-Nashville Police Department Brings the Joy of Reading to Low-Income Neighborhoods
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...
GOVERNOR’S EARLY LITERACY FOUNDATION, SCHOLASTIC AND TN DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION TO PROVIDE 580,000 BOOKS TO K-3 STUDENTS AND TEACHERS IN TENNESSEE
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...
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...