The leader of the Nashville Public Education Foundation plans to step down to join a Nashville-based public affairs consulting firm. Shannon Hunt, the foundation president and CEO, will join The Strategy Group as a partner …
NPEF Names Finalists for “Inspiring Innovation Award”
The Nashville Public Education Foundation has announced three finalists for its Inspiring Innovation Award: The Educators’ Cooperative Fall-Hamilton Enhanced Option School Plant the Seed These initiatives were chosen from dozens of applicants for their innovative …
Announcing the Inspiring Innovation Award finalists!
We are pleased to announce the three finalists for this year’s Inspiring Innovation Award. The Educators’ Cooperative, Fall-Hamilton Enhanced Option School and Plant the Seed have been selected from dozens of applicants for their innovative programs that are moving …
Mayor, Community Leaders Applaud Major Investment in City’s Literacy Efforts
Mayor David Briley and community education leaders gathered today to celebrate the Dollar General Literacy Foundation’s $800,000 investment in the Blueprint for Early Childhood Success, a citywide framework to double the number of Nashville third-graders …
Lewis Lavine to be Inducted into Public Schools Hall of Fame
Lewis Lavine, beloved Nashville community and nonprofit leader, will be honored posthumously with the Nelson C. Andrews Distinguished Service Award at the Nashville Public Education Foundation’s 14th annual Public Schools Hall of Fame luncheon on …
What’s Going On In Your Child’s Brain When You Read Them a Story?
What is happening inside your child’s brain while they are listening to a story? As it turns out, quite a lot. Researchers have studied the parts of a child’s brain that have to do with …
How an Old Murfreesboro City Schools Bus Became a Library on Wheels
What do you do with an old school bus? Why not turn it into a library! Murfreesboro City Schools has done that, converting grant money and donated books into a traveling library on wheels. The …
Why Your Child Needs Nursery Rhymes
Nursery rhymes are more than just fun songs or poems to sing or say to your young child – they have many benefits to early literacy development to get your child off to a strong …
Funding Home Visits For Children
We are thrilled to see the state legislature put an additional $1.4 million toward evidence-based home visit programs. These programs lead to a number of benefits, including “infant and maternal health, education attainment and readiness, …
Using Stories to Teach Math
As children develop their literacy skills, they shift from “learning to read” to “reading to learn,” applying these skills to other subjects, such as math, social studies and science. By doing so, students are developing …