In today's episode, we're visiting with Roxanne Saldana Jones with United Ways of Texas and Kierstan Schwab with Texas PBS about Start Smart Texas. Start Smart Texas is a part of the nationwide Campaign for Grade-Level Reading. In 2017, Lubbock became a Start Smart City, and since we've been working with the community to improve third-grade reading levels, kindergarten readiness, and other issues impacting a child's opportunity to succeed in school.

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Learn more about the local Start Smart Initiative https://www.liveunitedlubbock.org/startsmart

View the Summer Reading Calendar and sign-up for updates https://www.liveunitedlubbock.org/summerreading

Learn more about Start Smart Texas https://startsmarttexas.org/

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Learn more about United Ways of Texas https://www.uwtexas.org/

Learn more about https://texaspbs.org/

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Other resources mentioned in the show:

Bright by Text https://brightbytext.org/

Lubbock Learning Neighborhood https://www.facebook.com/groups/149526513083815

The Parenting Cottage https://www.parentingcottage.org/

Literacy Lubbock https://literacylubbock.org/

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