In just a few weeks, the new Dwyane Wade Live to Dream Summer Reading Program at Marquette University will welcome its first class of second‑and third‑grade students from schools in Milwaukee’s most undeserved neighborhoods. Testing is now being done to identify those who would benefit most from this invaluable summer program of reading instruction. Sixty students will be transported to campus and receive two hours of tutoring five days a week for six weeks from June 15 through July 24.

The Live to Dream initiative allows more children to realize the life‑changing experience provided by Marquette’s Hartman Literacy and Learning Center, which offers one of the country’s most highly regarded reading instruction programs. Operating within the university’s College of Education, Live to Dream allows the center to extend its services to students over the summer months, helping them retain critical reading skills achieved during the school year. These gains comprise measurable results in word recognition, vocabulary, fluency and, most importantly, comprehension.

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