How to Get Kids "Reading for Their Lives"

We hope you will join us on November 12 as we welcome Maya Smart, author of Reading for Our Lives, to the Lubar Center. The book’s subtitle is A Literacy Action Plan from Birth to Six. The program will focus on what should go into a plan for parents and caregivers to get young children on the path to being good readers.

Few life skills are more important than the ability to read, yet reading achievement has not improved in Wisconsin over the last 25 years. Join us as Alan Borsuk, Marquette Law School's senior fellow in law and public policy, speaks with Smart, a writer, parent educator, and early-literacy advocate. They will discuss Smart's findings about the critical role parents play in unlocking their child's reading potential.  

The program will begin at 12:15 p.m. in Eckstein Hall. It is free and open to the public; however, registration is required. 

We have partnered with Boswell Book Company, which will offer Reading for Our Lives for sale at this event; you can also order copies by clicking here. 

This program is presented by Marquette Law School's Lubar Center for Public Policy Research and Civic Education, in collaboration with the Marquette University College of Education.