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Bright Start TN
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A promising partnership for Nashville/Davidson County
[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]The United Way of Greater Nashville (UWGN) is coordinating the Bright Start TN Nashville partnership. The partnership will build on the Blueprint for Early Childhood Success, a literacy-focused collective impact initiative with a goal of unifying community-wide efforts and best practices into a cohesive and actionable plan for Nashville.
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“Despite the tremendous efforts of teachers, families and students, three out of four Nashville third graders are not reading on grade level. Through Bright Start Tennessee, we look forward to working alongside communities across Tennessee to implement data-driven and evidence-informed practices, share learnings, and shape state policy that better supports a continuum of high- quality early care and education birth through third grade.”
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Nashville/Davidson County Leadership Team
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Angie Adams
President and CEO, PENCIL
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Elizabeth Atack
Program Manager, Nashville Public Library
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Adrienne Battle
Director of Schools, Metro Nashville Public Schools
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Mason Bellamy
Chief of Academics and Schools, Metro Nashville Public Schools
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Jessica Benton
Consultant and Co-Founder, Elevate
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Amy Campbell
Consultant and Co-Founder, Elevate
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Kimberly Carter Jordan
Teacher, Metro Nashville Public Schools
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Kristen Davis
President and CEO, Nurture the Next
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Apri Gassaway
Director of Education, United Way of Greater Nashville
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Linda Harrison
Assistant Director for Education and Literacy, Nashville Public Library
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Tremayne Haymer
Parent
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Brianna Healy
Executive Vice President, Boedecker Foundation
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Dean Hoskins
Vice President, Governor’s Early Literacy Foundation
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Melissa Jaggers
President and CEO, Alignment Nashville
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Dustin Jones
Parent
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Richard Kennedy
Executive Director, TN Commission on Children and Youth
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Tara Lentz
Interim Co-Executive Director, Conexion Americas
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Lauren Lunsford
Associate Dean and Professor of Education, Belmont University
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Erin Merryman
Parent
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Rachael Milligan
Assistant Dean and Director, Ayer’s Institute at Lipscomb University
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Erica Mitchell
Executive Vice President and Chief Community Impact Officer, United Way of Greater Nashville
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Jared Myracle
Senior Director of ELA, Literacy and Humanities, TN Department of Educaiton
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Megan Parker Peters
Interim Associate Dean, Lipscomb University
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Jason Picanzo
Lieutenant, Metro Nashville Police Department
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Susan Porter
Instructional Coach, Metro Nashville Public Schools
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Paige Shapiro
Senior Program Manager, Governor’s Early Literacy Foundation
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Melanie Shinbaum
Chief Executive Officer, St. Luke’s Community House
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Melissa Spradlin
Executive Director, Book’em
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David Williams
Executive Officer of Teaching and Learning, Metro Nashville Public Schools
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Rikki Harris
Chief Executive Officer, Tennessee Voices for Children
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