Insight from PEF President Dan Challener
PEF President Dan Challener was a member of the First to the Top writing team. In January 2010, Dan wrote about changes to Tennessee legislation in PEF's e-newsletter KeyNotes.
After Tennessee won Race to the Top funds, we interviewed Dan to learn what it means for Hamilton County. Watch a short (2:14 minutes) excerpt on the left, or a more in-depth analysis on the right (9:46 minutes).
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“Due to the funds that were provided…
…for us by the Benwood Initiative, we’ve been able to provide some of the best research-based workshops for our teachers to implement reading strategies in the classroom, and we’ve established a literacy block which is two hours per day, every day, for all of our students.”
Marthel Young
Principal,
Orchard Knob Elementary