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Sharon Biava joins us once again to discuss virtual learning during COVID-19, and how she adapted to her new digital classroom with the help of her students. A 4th grade math teacher at Silver Lakes Elementary in Florida, Sharon is passionate about literacy, civics, and equity for all students.

Ali Habashi
Former Shaped Editor

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Students will use their research skills to learn about the Democratic and Republican nominees in the presidential election, and where they stand on key issues.

Glenn Greenberg
Shaped Contributor

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The Supreme Court justice was a pioneer in the legal field and an inspiration to working mothers everywhere, as reflected in the HMH biography about her life.

Susan Steinway
Archivist, HMH

Online Learning Day blog

Meet some of the great educators whose remote teaching strategies can help you step up your online learning game this fall.

Christine Condon
Shaped Editor-in-Chief

April Getting Into Math 1

A mathematics educator explains why teachers should collaboratively reflect on the results of student work and how they can subsequently take action.

Dr. Timothy D. Kanold
International Educator, Author, and Consultant; Mathematics Education

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Meet Sharon Biava, a 4th grade math teacher at Silver Lakes Elementary in Miramar, Florida. A proud single mother of twins, Sharon has been an educator for 18 years and is a coach for both speech and debate and the chess team. She is passionate about literacy, civics, and equity for all students.

Ali Habashi
Former Shaped Editor

180 educator award winners

Nominated by their colleagues and peers, these 180 Educator Award winners have shown that through persistence and dedication, you can make a difference in students' lives.

Shaped Staff

180 award student winners

The 180 Awards honor students who have shown dramatic improvement in their reading and math skills through our blended learning intervention programs.

Shaped Staff

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Every school year brings technological challenges, but remote learning without internet is an entirely new type of challenge. Yet students still need teaching. There are students who do not have reliable—if any!—internet access.

Richard Blankman
Shaped Executive Editor

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Explore the benefits and disadvantages of looping in education, where groups of children up from one grade to the next with the same teacher.

Tracy Childers
Middle School Science Teacher, Foothills Community School

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Meet Dr. Chris Emdin, an Associate Professor of Science Education at Columbia University in New York, NY. He is the founder of Science Genius and HipHopEd, and the author of of White Folks Who Teach In the Hood and the Rest of Ya’ll Too. Chris works to support diverse students and educators in their STEM learning through an understanding of race and culture.

Ali Habashi
Former Shaped Editor

Remote assessment fall

Learn how the dynamics of an assessment system will need to adapt when students are participating in a virtual classroom.

Dr. Vytas Laitusis
Education Research Director, Supplemental & Intervention Math

Kathleen Richards
Former HMH Senior Learning Scientist, ELA and Humanities

How to build relationships with students virtually

Learn how to build relationships with students virtually or in person, depending on your school's reopening plans, in a most unusual school year.

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

Happy

Start the new school year off right with these simple steps to a happier, healthier you.

Brenda Iasevoli
Shaped Executive Editor

Left brain right brain myth debunked

Left-brain right-brain myth, debunked—understand how the areas of the brain work together in complex ways and why we are not, generally, left- or right-brain dominated.

Rachel L. Schechter, PhD
VP Learning Sciences, Learning Sciences and Research Advisory Board Chair

Math summer slide

Get tips to combat summer slide for math students in elementary, middle, and high school.

Julia Roch

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A teacher in South Korea during the COVID-19 pandemic shares his personal experiences and insights into what worked and what he found challenging when it came to instruction.

Justin Barg
First-Grade Teacher, Korea Kent Foreign School, Seoul, South Korea

1960 election lesson plan hero

Download a 1960 election lesson plan to teach your students about the first-ever televised presidential debates in 1960 and their long-term impact.

Shaped Staff

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