Stepping Across: Making the Transition from Home to School

press release: A Professional Development Seminar for Parents, Teachers and Community Educators

Presented by Dr. Gloria Ladson-Billings, Kellner Distinguished Professor of Urban Education, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, UW-Madison

Thursday, December 1, 2016,  5:45pm to 7:30pm, Lincoln Elementary School, 909 Sequoia Trail, Madison

Free and Open to the Community

All Children should have access to a high quality preschool education

Access to clean, drinkable water and healthy food. Climate change. Energy Alternatives. Innovations in STEM and Social Enterprise. Urban and rural poverty. Economic and population health disparities. Global and local leadership and political conflicts. World peace.

Children who can read, love to learn and can work effectively with others will be best prepared to address these issues, lead happy lives and raise happy and healthy families as adults. Investing in their learning and development before they reach kindergarten and age 5 is vitally important to their success in grade school and beyond.

Join us for this free seminar featuring world renowned educator, Dr. Gloria Ladson Billings, the Kellner Distinguished Professor and Chair of Urban Education at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Dr. Billings is also the author Dream Keepers: Successful Teachers of African American Children, Crossing Over to Canaan: The Journey of New Teachers into Diverse Classrooms, and Beyond the Big House: African American Educators on Teacher Education.