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We are excited to share Diane Staehr Fenner's new outstanding article from Educational Leadership, outlining three practical strategies for ELL assessment.
Meg Medina is an award-winning Cuban American author who writes picture books, middle grade, and YA fiction.
Meg Medina talks about her childhood in Queens, the relatives from Cuba who loomed large in her life, and learning to read in Spanish.
See the complete interview in our Meet the Authors section.
Meg recalls coming of age during the 1970s and an art teacher who had her students stage a school assembly dance to "I Am Woman" by Helen Reddy.
Meg Medina explains how the We Need Diverse Books campaign got its start and why diversity in books for children and young adults - and resisting stereotypes - matters.
Meg talks about her first book, Milagros, Girl from Away, and about the special connection to the artists who designed both versions of the book cover.
Meg introduces us to the real Tía Isa and talks about what it was like to grow up with an aunt who wouldn't take no for an answer.
See the complete interview in our Meet the Authors section.
Meg shares the story behind The Girl Who Could Silence the Wind and describes some of the wonderful projects resulting from the book, like the Hope Tree Project in Richmond, VA.
Meg recalls the experiences she had with bullying as a young woman that inspired her to write the infamously titled Yaqui Delgado Wants to Kick Your Ass.