"... 4 key "levers" that promote equity ....
These levers amplify the power of the Essential Project Design Elements and the Project Based Teaching Practices, and ensure they are used in ways that reach all learners. Because equity work is an ongoing process rooted in curiosity and ongoing reflection, the levers are each supported by a guiding question."
"Named after the first Latina librarian at the New York Public Library, the Pura Belpré Award was established in 1996.
It recognizes #ownvoices writers and illustrators whose work best portrays the Latinx culture in an outstanding work of children and youth literature."