College Football Playoff Foundation’s Extra Yard for Teachers Program
In 2015, the Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl partnered with the College Football Playoff Foundation to provide $200,000 to simultaneously fund 152 special teacher projects from grades 5-12 primarily within the core subject areas of math, science, social studies and language arts. Teacher projects funded significantly improved the resources available for 136 teachers and 18,000 students at 54 schools in Atlanta.
In 2016, the partnership was elevated for the creation of a three-year literacy program for early childhood development within Atlanta Public Schools. Together, the Peach Bowl, CFP Foundation, Chick-fil-A and the Atlanta Football Host Committee committed $2 million to fund the program that will train 1,500 teachers in a specialized reading curriculum to help students read at higher levels.
