New website features author, expert interviews

Last week and this coming week, the Learning First Alliance will feature a series of exclusive reading-related interviews on its new blog/website at www.publicschoolinsights.org.

The interviews deal in large part with the challenges of motivating reluctant young readers:

* An interview with best-selling children’s book author Joseph Bruchac
* An interview with the nation’s first Ambassador for Children’s Literature, Jon Scieszka
* An interview with adolescent literacy expert Don Deshler.

The Learning First Alliance is a permanent partnership of major national education associations that collectively represent over 10 million educators, parents and policymakers.