Shaped: The Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Education Blog

6 Fun Black History Month Activities for School

Use these Black History Month classroom activities to celebrate with your students and teach them about significant figures in African American history.

Jordan Friedman

Shaped Staff

January 28, 2020

Infographic: The Importance of Social-Emotional Learning in Schools

In a survey, nearly all teachers and administrators said they felt it's essential to address the social and emotional needs of students in schools today.

Jordan Friedman

Shaped Staff

January 27, 2020

5 Tips for Connecting With Hard-to-Reach Students

If you find yourself pulling away from or avoiding connection with hard-to-reach students, try leaning in instead by following these five steps.

Janice Mace

Senior Counselor, National Center for School Mental Health at the University of Maryland

January 27, 2020

Teaching Supreme Court Cases: Affirmative Action in Higher Education

Affirmative action in higher education gained national attention during the 1978 Supreme Court case University of California Regents v. Bakke.

Shaped Staff

January 24, 2020

How to Hold an Invention Convention in Your School

Because research shows engineering can help students understand what they can do with the knowledge they learn in science, encouraging them to invent and create is a natural outcome.

Shaped Staff

January 23, 2020

How to Get Students Engaged in Reading: 5 Tips for Teachers

Try these techniques and strategies to help lessen the time it takes to unlock a passion for literacy and encourage students to read.

Charmion Mohning

Secondary Reading Coordinator, Cypress-Fairbanks Independent School District

January 22, 2020

Unearthing Challenging History: Teaching Persona Poems in the Classroom

By writing a persona poem, the writer is putting on a mask of a person, place, or object and writing from that perspective.

Glenis Redmond

Poet and Teaching Artist

January 21, 2020

Podcast: LaQuisha in Baltimore, Maryland, for Teachers in America

Meet LaQuisha Hall, 2018 Baltimore City Teacher of the Year, as she talks about teaching in the community of Baltimore, using social media as a teacher, and being a survivor of sexual abuse and a former ward of the state.

Onalee Smith

Shaped Staff

January 21, 2020

Learning Moments: Teachers in America Podcast Season 2

New episodes for 2020! Hosted by Noelle Morris; a podcast for teachers, celebrating teachers. Hear firsthand from the K-12 teachers who are shaping young lives around the country every day.

Onalee Smith

Shaped Staff

January 21, 2020

5 Reading Resolutions for 2020: #1. Start Right, Finish Strong

HMH's Chief Research Officer examines how recent research can lead the way to improving literacy outcomes for our learners and unlocking their potential as readers.

Francie Alexander

Chief Research Officer, HMH

January 17, 2020