You know Elfrieda H. Hiebert, known affectionately as "Freddy", is a big deal because she has her own Wikipedia page!

Here's what that says: Elfrieda "Freddy" Hiebert (born 1948) is an educational researcher whose work examines literacy, learning, early childhood development, teacher development, writing and children's literature. The main thrust of her work addresses literacy learning among at-risk youth in American classrooms. Currently, she is the CEO and president of TextProject, Inc., an agency that is dedicated to bringing beginning and struggling readers to high levels of literacy through a variety of strategies and tools, particularly through using science and social studies texts, used for reading instruction.

Margaret Vaughn has the chance to talk to Freddy about her research and scholarship.