Lourdes Álvarez-Ortiz
Lourdes Álvarez-Ortiz is a highly accomplished bilingual/bicultural school psychologist with more than two decades of experience working in inner-city school districts serving cult
Learn why a strengths-based approach is so important and effective for English language learners (ELLs) who have experienced violence, trauma, and chronic stress, and what kinds of strategies to use in the classroom in order to begin integrating this a
Half the students in U.S. schools are experiencing or have experienced trauma, violence, or chronic stress.
Professional development activity: Identifying our cultural groups
Veteran ELL teacher Becky Corr describes an activity in which educators identify various cultural groups to which they belong and begin to form connections based on those shared experiences.
It's never too early to read to your baby. Just by talking to, playing with, and caring for your baby every day, you help your baby develop language skills necessary to become a reader.
Ellen Oh, founder of the We Need Diverse Books movement, returns with Spirit Hunters, a high-stakes middle grade mystery about Harper Raine, a Korean-American new seventh grader in town who must face down the dangerous ghosts haunting her youn
Little Skeletons / Esqueletitos is a Day of the Dead-themed take on the traditional Latin American song "Los Esqueletitos (Calaveras) Salen de la Tumba”, with art inspired by the famous Mexican Calavera woodcut prints.
Do you know a teen reader who loves a scary story? These books for middle grades and young adults deliver goosebumps, chills, horror, and humor — and introduce readers to a fascinating mix of cultural traditions.
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Long, long, long ago, Bella and her grandmother Mamá Alma admired their vegetable garden. They liked gardening together. They grew sunflowers and lilies too, and chatted with lizards and hummingbirds.