2021 Annual Report - Flipbook - Page 15
TOGETHER WE CAN
Give Kids an
Equal Chance
How much money a parent makes and where a child lives shouldn’t
chance to do well in school. That’s why we’re making sure they enter
kindergarten ready to learn, have the support they need to develop
crucial reading skills and receive essential social and emotional
support from preschool to graduation.
Three out of four of Nashville’s third graders are not reading on grade
level. We’re leading the Blueprint for Early Childhood Success, a
citywide effort to ensure literacy justice for all kids. Together, we’re
making sure children have access to books through Imagination
Library; providing accessible, high-quality child care and pre-K
programs through Childcare Nashville; supporting early educators
through Read to Succeed and tutoring students who are falling behind
with Raise Your Hand.
U N I T E D W AY G R E AT E R N A S H V I L L E | 2 0 2 1 A N N U A L R E P O RT
determine their academic success. All kids deserve the same
493,067 books were distributed to young children throughout three
counties to build home libraries
1,245 children were served through United Way’s Read to Succeed and
Raise Your Hand programs
1,009 students showed at least one year’s growth in key literacy and
academic skills
95% of preschoolers met literacy benchmarks necessary to succeed
in kindergarten
90% of three- and four-year-old children met social-emotional
learning benchmarks
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