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How to Engage Students in Reading: Try These 5 Strategies

As an educator, you may ask, how can you engage students in reading? Try these five strategies to boost enjoyment and engagement in literacy.

Dr. Kristi James

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No Subject Is an Island: Why and How to Implement an Integrated Curriculum

Learn the benefits of an integrated curriculum, along with how instruction can be integrated across subjects and standards.

Richard Blankman
Shaped Executive Editor

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How to Become a Social Emotional Learning Specialist

Learn how to become a social emotional learning specialist. Discover the job responsibilities and requirements for becoming an SEL specialist.

Sara Austin
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Ryan Crawley
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Choosing Educational Programs for Your District: Lessons from COVID

Discover three lessons that school districts can learn from the pandemic and apply now when planning for academic recovery.

Dr. Bonnie Cochran
Director of Academic Planning and Analytics, HMH

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Free Graphic Organizers for Reading Comprehension

Try these free graphic organizers for reading comprehension for all grade levels to help students visually organize their thoughts about literature.

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Prioritizing Personal and Professional Growth as an Educator During COVID

Jumpstart your own growth journey for the next school year by identifying your self-talk when you make mistakes and building out a concrete plan.

Anthony Colannino
Senior Fellow, the Center for Model Schools; Leading & Teaching for Growth, LLC; Author of Leading with Head and Heart

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Podcast: Shaping the Future

Learn strategies to improve student outcomes and better shape the future of education through podcast conversations with experts about major topics affecting the K-12 industry.

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HMH's Podcasts: Teachers in America and Shaping the Future

Tune in to the Teachers in America and Shaping the Future podcasts by HMH. Hear from teachers changing lives and experienced innovators and industry leaders.

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Podcast: School Cyber Attacks and the Rise of Misinformation with Former Sec. of Defense Ash Carter

Join former Secretary of Defense Ash Carter for an episode on media literacy and cyber security in schools.

Ali Habashi
Former Shaped Editor

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How to Address Anti-Asian Racism in Schools

Here’s how schools can address the rise in hate crimes against Asian American and Pacific Islanders to ensure students’ safety and well-being.

Shaped Staff

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4 Trauma-Informed Teaching Strategies

An educator shares four trauma-informed teaching strategies to improve instruction for students who need it based on her experience across different schools.

Jenn Evans, M.Ed.
Senior Product Marketing Manager for Supplemental & Intervention Solutions, HMH

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Anti-Bias Resources for the Classroom

Confronting bias in ourselves and in our classrooms is an important ongoing process. Help combat discrimination in all its forms with this collection of resources.

Richard Blankman
Shaped Executive Editor

Ali Habashi
Former Shaped Editor

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Quick Conversations: Equity in Education, Interrupted Learning, and More

Watch interviews with education leaders and business owners about culturally responsive education, recovery in schools, and developing an entrepreneurial mindset.

Shaped Staff

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Teaching Civics Education in a Time of Change: Q&A With Emma Humphries of iCivics

Here’s how educators and parents can start a dialogue with kids about racism and social justice in the wake of the one-year anniversary of George Floyd’s murder at the hands of police.

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Lessons Learned from COVID: Leaders Share Challenges and Bright Spots

Learn how COVID has influenced education leaders' work since spring 2020, the bright spots they see coming out of the pandemic, and the challenges they now face.

Jordan Friedman
Former Shaped Editor

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Multiply or Add First? Teaching Order of Operations Rules

Use this lesson to teach students about the order of operations: complete operations in parentheses, multiply and divide from left to right, and add and subtract from left to right.

Richard Blankman
Shaped Executive Editor

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7 Tips for Introducing Notice & Note Signposts in Your Classroom

Incorporate Notice & Note Signposts into your reading or ELA curriculum with these strategies and tips for teachers.

Zoe Zolbrod
Director, Learning Experience Design, Literature and Language Arts, HMH

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Thinking of Pedagogy as Protest with Dr. Chris Emdin

Dr. Chris Emdin says pedagogy, or the science of teaching and learning, should be about protesting the wrongs that have been done to young people in society.

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