The Campaign for Grade-Level Reading (GLR Campaign) has invited Nashville to participate in its nationwide, collaborative effort to improve reading proficiency, early learning and early school success for children from low-income families. This invitation is …
Education Foundation expands team, reach
The Nashville Public Education Foundation is expanding its programming reach with the addition of Brittany Irby, who has been named to the new position of innovation program manager. The addition of Irby will allow the …
Nashville has a long way to go on child literacy
Metro Nashville’s public schools are educating 86 percent of the city’s elementary school children. So when a child isn’t reading proficiently, it’s easy to assume schools aren’t doing their jobs. But that’s a simplification of …
MNPS hopes adding more books to classroom libraries will improve score
In an effort to address acute classroom library needs the Rotary Club of Nashville and the Nashville Public Education Foundation (NPEF) this week delivered 8,000 books to local elementary schools. It’s a joint venture leveraging …
Nsider: Public Schools Hall of Fame
Nashville Public Education Foundation honored four community heroes at the annual Public Schools Hall of Fame luncheon held at the Omni Hotel. Judge Sheila Calloway was presented with the Distinguished Service Award for her years …
Working the Room – October 27
Nearly 1,000 people, including a host of business leaders, gathered at the Omni Nashville Hotel for the Nashville Public Education Foundation’s 13th annual Public Schools Hall of Fame on Oct. 4 to support public school …
Literacy begins at birth
Do you think the first day of kindergarten is when a child’s learning begins? Research shows that 90 percent of a child’s brain develops before age 5, with the most significant development from birth to …
Public Schools Hall of Fame
A record-breaking crowd of nearly 1,000 people gathered at the Omni Nashville Hotel for the Nashville Public Education Foundation’s 13th Annual Public Schools Hall of Fame to support public school excellence. Judge Sheila Calloway received the Nelson C. …
Nashville Literacy Collaborative releases blueprint for early childhood education
Two in three of Nashville’s third-graders cannot read on grade level – a challenge Nashville has wrestled with for more than two decades. This week, civic, nonprofit and philanthropic organizations are addressing the problem. The …
How to improve literacy scores: Trust teachers, make reading relevant
Nashville isn’t alone in its struggle to increase literacy scores. It’s a state issue. It’s a national issue, too. The number of students who read proficiently by fourth grade on the 2015 National Assessment of …
