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Shaped Staff

The Shaped Staff is a group of writers and editors with extensive and varied backgrounds in education—consisting of the Content Marketing team at HMH. Together, they bring expertise in education journalism, content development, copywriting—as well as teaching experience in the elementary grades and secondary English and math.

The Content Marketing team includes Christine Condon, senior director of content marketing; Richard Blankman, marketing director; Zoe Del Mar, senior content marketing manager; Brenda Iasevoli, senior content marketing manager; Alicia Ivory, senior copywriter; and Jennifer Corujo, content marketing manager.

They can be reached at Shaped@hmhco.com.

 
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Spanish teachers wanting to introduce authentic culture into the classroom will love our new Fall Spanish Holiday Calendar, with suggested activities. Here’s a brief preview of October holidays.

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Our “Connecting Math and Careers” series continues with strategies for inspiring students to consider a career in the field of animation.

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As you assess students’ reading levels at the start of the school year, here are some strategies for supporting students in taking risks, expanding their reading choices, building skills—and becoming engaged independent readers.

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Two longtime HMH employees and astronomy buffs shared their passion—and a captivating hands-on experience—with colleagues in Orlando during this week’s solar eclipse.

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This key statistic from our 2017 Educator Confidence Report appeared recently in the USA Today Snapshot, indicating sentiments expressed by your education peers in the survey are resonating nationally.

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Back to school is a good time to think about optimizing your library to motivate independent reading. Taking it further, here are some strategies and interactions teachers can use to spark an interest in reading.

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In this new “Connecting Math and Careers” series, learn motivating strategies for helping students make personal and real-world connections from the math class to their lives beyond school.

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HMH was honored on July 26 with a CODiE Award—presented by SIIA to software, information, and education technology developers—for our online English learner program, Escalate English.

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HMH’s 2017 Educator Confidence Report is out, and general confidence levels are up. Find out how your peers are feeling about digital readiness, family engagement, the future of education, and more.

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HMH will be in booth # 305 at the APA Convention, sharing our expertise in the area of cognitive assessment and proudly sponsoring the APA’s School Psychology Division.

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How can we teach students to speak confidently? Thought leader Erik Palmer shares his insights during this brief ILA 2017 Facebook Live interview.

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ILA 2017 was a great time to catch up with literacy thought leaders and learn new strategies for inspiring all readers. Carol Jago and MaryEllen Vogt offered a wealth of wisdom in this brief Facebook Live interview.

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Feeling energized and encouraged, participants at the 25th Annual Model Schools Conference shared their experiences on social media. Find out what inspired them most about MSC 2017.

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Teachers are exploring the quad, or rather Quad D, at the Model Schools Conference. These Idea Lab sessions have educators taking the role of students and discovering collaborative, creative learning activities that learners can explore at their own pace.

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HMH is proud to participate at the ISTE 2017 Conference, sharing our expertise, best practices, and technology thought leadership with EdTech leaders.

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In Professor Readwell’s Beastie Hall Success Classroom, children put their newly acquired foundational skills together to read independently.

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Our tour of iRead’s Beastie Hall continues with Mrs. Wordy’s Word Play Classroom. See how children learn to build bigger words by understanding word parts.

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In this four-post series, we will be highlighting the winners of HMH’s Spark a Story writing contest.

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