The recent cyberattack on the Los Angeles Unified School District – the second largest school district in the nation – serves as an important reminder for federal officials to take immediate action to protect our nation’s ...

We the undersigned 257 education , civil rights , and youth serving organizations are pleased to submit this comment in response to the proposed rulemaking on Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 (Title IX). Students ...

Marcia Argueta Mickelson received a 2022 (Pura) Belpré Young Adult Author Honor for Where I Belong (Carolrhoda Lab®, an imprint of Lerner Publishing Group™). She delivered her acceptance remarks at the Pura Belpré Award ...

Jonny Garza Villa received a 2022 (Pura) Belpré Young Adult Author Honor for Fifteen Hundred Miles from the Sun (Skyscape). He delivered his acceptance remarks at the Pura Belpré Award Celebración held Sunday, June 26, ...

Loris Lora received a 2022 (Pura) Belpré Youth Illustrator Honor for May Your Life Be Deliciosa (Cameron Kids, an imprint of ABRAMS), written by Michael Genhart. She delivered her acceptance remarks at the Pura Belpré Award ...

C. G. Esperanza received a 2022 (Pura) Belpré Youth Illustrator Honor for Boogie Boogie, Y’all (Katherine Tegen Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers). He delivered his acceptance remarks at the Pura Belpré Award ...

Gloria Amescua received a 2022 (Pura) Belpré Children’s Author Honor for Child of the Flower-Song People: Luz Jiménez, Daughter of the Nahua (Abrams Books for Young Readers, an imprint of (ABRAMS). She delivered her ...

Donna Barba Higuera received the 2022 (Pura) Belpré Children’s Author Award for The Last Cuentista (Arthur A. Levine, an imprint of Levine Querido). She delivered her acceptance remarks at the Pura Belpré Award Celebración ...