As summer comes to an end, parents are looking to get their kids ready for the school year. Many students experience what’s known as the “summer slide” — a slight regression in skills after months away from the classroom. It’s a predicament Dannette Justus is all too familiar with.
Justus is an educator with Milwaukee Public Schools and the founder of JustUs and Books, a literacy program that introduces kids to new books. Dannette joins Lake Effect’s Joy Powers to share one of her favorite books on an important topic: names.
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