Tennessee’s literacy initiative in jeopardy as funding dries up
Students read in a classroom in Tennessee, now in its fourth year of Read to be Ready, a major literacy initiative started under Gov. Bill Haslam's administration and now in jeopardy under the administration of Gov. Bill Lee. (Courtesy of Tennessee Department of Education)
Marta W. Aldrich
Marta W. Aldrich is the senior statehouse correspondent at Chalkbeat Tennessee. A newswoman for The Associated Press for most of her career, Marta has covered state government, politics, business, education and other Tennessee news. She has served as news editor of United Methodist News Service and features editor of American Profile magazine. Marta is a graduate of Memphis City Schools and the University of Missouri School of Journalism.
“I’m really struggling to see how equity is in the equation when 114 districts suffer” as Read to be Ready collapses. – Superintendent Joey Hassell of Haywood County Schools, a rural district near Memphis.
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