The Tennessee Department of Education (TDOE) has announced Literacy Mid-South (LMS) is one of three Tennessee organizations selected to receive a Connected Literacy Partners 2.0 grant.
TDOE has awarded LMS $1.5 million to serve an additional 1,500 second and third grade students attending Memphis-Shelby County Schools and area public charter schools with free, in-school literacy tutoring, according to a release.
The announcement comes one year after TDOE awarded Literacy Mid-South a TN ALL Corps Community Partner grant to implement the organization’s Tutor901 program. Combined, the two grants will allow LMS to provide high-impact tutoring to 3,000 students next year.
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The Tutor901 program provides high-impact tutoring, one of the most effective interventions for increasing the academic achievement of students who are behind grade level proficiency. Following proven practices recommended by the Annenberg Institute for School Reform at Brown University, tutoring is aligned to all ten dimensions the institute identifies as principles for effective tutoring design.
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