WILL - The Afternoon Magazine - March 25, 2013

Walter Dean Myers on Literacy

Walter Dean Myers is a giant of American young adult literature. He's won the Newberry Medal, and was a finalist for the National Book Awards three times. Myers' books are gritty and realistic, exploring a side of American life not often seen in kids books. Now Myers is the US Ambassador for Young People's Literature - his job is to travel America promoting literacy. Myers is coming to Champaign March 26th - he joins us to discuss developing good reading habits, and why literacy is so important for low income Americans.

WILL - The Afternoon Magazine - March 12, 2010 ~ Comment (0)

Pink Brain Blue Brain: How Small Differences Grow into Troublesome Gaps—and What We Can Do About It

With Lise Eliot, Ph.D. (Associate Professor of Neuroscience, Chicago Medical School of Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science)

WILL - The Afternoon Magazine - February 24, 2010 ~ Comment (0)

Alice (and me) in Wonderland Event at the Orpheum Children’s Science Museum

With Janine Prillaman (Public Relations and Marketing Committee, Orpheum Children's Science Museum ), and , and Deborah Israel (Operations Manager, Orpheum Children's Science Museum), and , and Kelly L. Warner ("Queen of Hearts," and Hydrologist with the United States Geological Survey at the University of Illinois)

WILL - The Afternoon Magazine - February 11, 2010 ~ Comment (0)

Newton and the Counterfeiter: The Unknown Detective Career of the World’s Greatest Scientist

With Thomas Levenson (Head of the Graduate Program in Science Writing, MIT; Emmy- and Peabody-Award-Winning Documentary Filmmaker)

WILL - The Afternoon Magazine - January 29, 2010 ~ Comment (0)

Nurture Shock: New Thinking About Children

With Ashley Merryman, J.D. (Writer and Attorney), and , and Laura Kramer, Ph.D. (Associate Dean of Academic Programs, ACES; Professor of Applied Family Studies, University of Illinois), and , and Philip Rodkin, Ph.D. (Associate Professor and Child Development Chair, Child Development Division, College of Education, University of Illinois)

WILL - The Afternoon Magazine - January 27, 2010 ~ Comment (0)

Free For All: Fixing School Food in America

With Janet Poppendieck, Ph.D. (Professor of Sociology, Hunter College, City University of New York)

WILL - The Afternoon Magazine - January 06, 2010 ~ Comment (0)

Nurture Shock: New Thinking About Children

With Ashley Merryman, J.D. (Writer and Attorney)

WILL - The Afternoon Magazine - November 18, 2009 ~ Comment (0)

Parenting Without Power Struggles: Raising Joyful, Resilient Kids While Staying Cool, Calm and Conne

With Susan Stiffelman, MFT (Licensed Psychotherapist, Credentialed Teacher, Educational Therapist, and Parenting Coach)

WILL - The Afternoon Magazine - September 10, 2009 ~ Comment (0)

Words in the Wind

With Molly Delaney, M.Ed. (WILL's Education Outreach Director, Illinois Public Media)

WILL - The Afternoon Magazine - August 14, 2009 ~ Comment (0)

Do-Over! In Which a Forty-Eight-Year-Old Father of Three Returns to Kindergarten,  Summer Camp, the

Do-Over! In Which a Forty-Eight-Year-Old Father of Three Returns to Kindergarten, Summer Camp, the Prom, and Other Embarrassments

With Robin Hemley (Director/Nonfiction Writing Program, University of Iowa)