Dr. Pedro Noguera discusses a new book he co-wrote, Schooling for Resilience, which examines a number of schools serving Black and Latino boys and what they are doing to support student success.
With more than 22 years as a writer and neurodiversity advocate under his belt, Jonathan Mooney talks about the core values of his work, from reframing “the problem”—not the person with learning differences; rather the way the differences are treated—to the shift from remediation to universal design with accommodations for all learners.
Governments, educators, families and public health officials face mounting challenges in dealing with autism as the prevalence in the U.S. continues to grow. In the concluding segment in his Autism Now series, Robert MacNeil explores these issues and possible solutions in a roundtable with four autism researchers and advocates.
In the fifth report in his Autism Now series, RobertMacNeil profiles a young man in New Jersey—and his family—as they face an uncertain future for him.
The Library of Congress, in collaboration with the Children’s Book Council (CBC) and Every Child a Reader, inaugurates Jacqueline Woodson as the new National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature.