2020

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...

30,000 Tennessee Students to Receive Free Books Over the Summer

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...