Guest Blogger: Desmond Hall
"I found out that I needed to present the landscape of opportunity to the students and allow them to see the proverbial light."
Guest Blogger: Uma Krishnaswami
"Get an energetic brainstorm going in a roomful of, say, ten people, and you might come up with fifty great ideas. The trick is to recognize the ones that have staying power."
Guest Blogger: Minnie Phan with Viet Thanh Nguyen
"We read stories to children about a big bad wolf displacing three little pigs and rendering them homeless and threatening to eat them but we can’t discuss wildfires?"
Guest Blogger: Margaret Finnegan
"So, of course, some people will doubt our professionalism; they will doubt the value of our work. We are world builders. They should be afraid."
Guest Blogger: Rex Ogle
"I put my difficult life experiences to paper—so young people know they are not alone, and that they can grow, even in the face of adversity."
Guest Blogger: Meredith Adamo
"I want readers to engage with the book on their terms and come to their own conclusions. If a reader thinks Jo is unlikable or stressful or funny or loveable, then I think the reader is right."
