Our Mission
Our mission is to advance statewide policies and practices that close opportunity and achievement gaps to ensure all Tennessee children birth through third grade get the high-quality early care and education they need to power our state’s future.
Our Coalition
TQEE is a nonpartisan coalition of Tennesseans fighting to ensure our children get the quality early care and education they need to power our state’s future.
Our coalition includes leaders from a diverse array of advocates, parents and grandparents, educators and caregivers, business and government leaders, and many, many neighbors from across our great state.
We know that building a strong early education foundation, birth through 3rd grade, is the key to academic achievement, workforce success and economic prosperity.
Our goal is that all 3rd graders are proficient in reading and math.
Our Structure
As a legal matter, Tennesseans for Quality Early Education (TQEE) is a combined effort of two related non-profit, nonpartisan organizations – TQEE and TQEE-Policy & Research.
TQEE-Policy & Research is a nonprofit organized under 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. It conducts research and policy analysis, raises public awareness, builds coalitions and educates Tennesseans about smart and effective policies and programs that improve early childhood development and education outcomes.
TQEE is organized under section 501(c)(4) of the Internal Revenue Code. It engages in grassroots and direct advocacy with policymakers to support crucial legislation at the state level.
Our Priorities
We organize our work into three priority “buckets”.
