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A community-driven blog supporting educators, building lifelong learners,
and shaping the future of education.* 

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Power Of Storytelling

The Power of Stories: In Difficult Times, Storytelling Offers Respite…and Delight!

While schools are closed, the best learning resource could lie within us: our stories, those we tell our children, and the stories they have to tell us.

Carol Jago
HMH Author and Associate Director, California Reading & Literature Project at UCLA

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Adjusting to New Realities When Schools Are Closed: 5 Tips for Parents

As parents, the realities of daily life changed overnight as schools closed, so follow these five steps to adjust to your new roles at home.

Adam Drummond, EdD
Associate Partner, The Center for Model Schools and Author, Instructional Leadership

Earth Day Lesson Plans

Earth Day Lesson Plans: Teaching About the Environment

Use these Earth Day lesson plans to teach your students about the environment and sustainable practices in their daily lives.

Shaped Staff

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5 Social-Emotional Learning Strategies Teachers Can Use Now

Schools that integrate social-emotional learning into instruction equip students to persevere and master rigorous content. Start with these five tips.

Brenda Iasevoli
Shaped Executive Editor

How To Calculate Social Media Engagement

How to Calculate Social Media Engagement: A Math Activity

Download these free math activities for students to teach them how to calculate the engagement of both real and fictional Instagram users.

Ally Zmijeski
Associate Learning Architect, Math

Due Process Lesson Plan

Teaching Supreme Court Cases: Goss v. Lopez Due Process Lesson Plan

Download this Goss v. Lopez due process lesson plan to teach students about the 1975 Supreme Court case regarding the role of the Fourteenth Amendment in student suspensions.

Shaped Staff

Age Of Imperalism Lesson Plans

Teaching World History: Age of Imperialism Lesson Plans

Use this Age of Imperialism lesson plan to teach students about the actions taken by Europe and the U.S. in the late 19th and early 20th centuries to acquire new territories.

Jordan Friedman
Former Shaped Editor

Fake Quotes

Teach Students How to Identify Fake Quotes Online: 5 Tips

It's very easy for people to publish false information and attribute it to someone else, but your students need to be vigilant in determining what's real and what isn't.

Erik Palmer
Program Consultant, Into Reading and Into Literature

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What Does It Mean to Have a Limitless Mind?

In Jo Boaler's book Limitless Mind, the author attempts to make the case that we are capable of learning anything and dives into the six keys of learning.

Richard Blankman
Shaped Executive Editor

Talking To Students About Coronavirus

How to Talk to Kids About the Coronavirus

Children likely have questions, concerns, or fears about the coronavirus (COVID-19), and many experts and educators agree on the best ways to respond.

Glenn Greenberg
Shaped Contributor

Create A Study Space

How to Create a Good Study Environment at Home

Teach parents and students how to create a good study environment at home as schools take measures to prepare for possible coronavirus outbreaks in their communities.

Brenda Iasevoli
Shaped Executive Editor

Meet Noelle Morris Q A Hero

Meet Noelle Morris: Host of Teachers in America Podcast

Get to know veteran educator, the original READ 180 teacher, and host of our Teachers in America podcast: Noelle Morris.

Onalee Smith
Shaped Contributor

Noelle Morris
Senior Director Community Engagement, HMH; Host of HMH Learning Moments: Teachers in America Podcast

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Coaching SEL Through Literacy: Ideas and Things to Look For

By folding social-emotional learning into instructional strategies educators already use to teach literacy, SEL begins to feel less daunting.

Sherry St. Clair
HMH Contributor

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Podcast: Becoming a History Teacher with Debra Reynolds on Teachers in America

Meet Ms. Debra Reynolds, a world history teacher at Wicomico Middle School. She talks about building relationships with her students from day one, and how she finds time for her hobbies (like skydiving and antiquing)!

Onalee Smith
Shaped Contributor

East High School

New Beginnings for East High School: How a Local Partnership Led to Change

Learn how East High School in Rochester, New York, partnered with the University of Rochester on a plan that brought comprehensive, systemic changes to the school.

Jennifer Rees
Principal, East Lower and Upper Schools, Rochester City School District, New York

Coronavirus Precautions In Schools

3 Steps School and District Leaders Can Take to Combat the Coronavirus

School and district administrators should consider these three steps to address coronavirus in schools as they build an action plan.

Adam Drummond, EdD
Associate Partner, The Center for Model Schools and Author, Instructional Leadership

Keep Staff Motivated

How to Boost Staff Motivation as a School or District Administrator

How do education leaders best motivate those they serve? This former principal says to start by concentrating on three key actions.

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

9 PBIS Incentives for High School Students

Explore 9 PBIS incentives for high school students that can promote positive reinforcement. Offer an easy and fun way to help manage behavior.

Mary Dean
Shaped Contributor

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