Please join Tennessee Senator Bo Watson at the 3rd Annual Literacy Summit on Thursday, Sept. 7, 2022 from 9 – 11 a.m. at The Commons, 4950 Swinyar Dr., Collegedale, TN.
Light refreshments will be served at 9 a.m. followed by a panel discussion with leaders in literacy in Tennessee and Hamilton County. Topics include improvements in literacy, alignment to the state’s literacy plan and efforts in implementing new tutoring programs.
Remarks will begin at 9:30 a.m.
The panel, led by Senator Bo Watson, will include:
• Lizzette Reynolds, Commissioner, Tennessee Department of Education
• Dr. Deborah Reed, Director of Reading360 Research Center, University of Tennessee Knoxville
• James Pond, President, Governor’s Early Literacy Foundation
• Candy Johnson, President & CEO, Urban League of Greater Chattanooga
This event is open to the public.