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Facebook Live With Writable: Turning Students Into Active Peer Reviewers

A teacher educator explains how a guided practice platform allows students to become more active peer reviewers.

Julia Roch

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Down in the Trenches: Networking and Learning With Others

Learn why attending conferences and professional training has been a significant part of development in one educator's career.

Dr. Monica Robinson
K-12 Academic Support Programs Coordinator, Virginia Beach City Public Schools

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An Administrator’s Six Spheres of Influence in Mathematics Teaching and Learning: Part 5

In this fifth post in her series, mathematics teaching expert Dr. Juli K. Dixon looks at intervention in the form of small group instruction.

Dr. Juli K. Dixon
Professor of Mathematics Education; Elementary, Middle, Secondary, and Post-Secondary Mathematics Education

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Facebook Live Recaps: Exploring Reading From an Expert Lens

How can early education teachers and elementary educators inspire curiosity about books among their students?

Julia Roch

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The Giant Sculpture Gallery: A Math Puzzle

Productive perseverance is key to solving this puzzle.

Richard Blankman
Shaped Executive Editor

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Raise Your Voice Results: What Teachers Told Us

We surveyed more than 500 K-12 teachers to better understand their thoughts and behaviors. Here's what they said.

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ILA 2018: A Recap in Tweets

A glimpse at the incredible conversations and activities that took place at the four-day conference in Austin, Texas.

Julia Roch

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Recap: Facebook Live With Jim O'Neill

HMH's Jim O’Neill discusses the new Into Learning programs and how they were developed in collaboration with teachers.

Julia Roch

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K-12 Recent News Roundup: July 20, 2018

Stay up to date on the education issues that matter to you.

Julia Roch

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Spelling Usually Makes Sense: The Logic of Sound and Meaning Patterns

Dr. Shane Templeton
Foundation Professor Emeritus, Literacy Studies, University of Nevada, Reno; Into Reading Program Author

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Using Video in Online Coaching: A Firsthand Perspective

Shveta Miller
Regional Consultant, HMH

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Recap: Tweets From ISTE 2018

Julia Roch

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Recap: Facebook Live With Math Education Expert Dr. Juli K. Dixon

Julia Roch

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How to Recognize High-Quality Mathematics Content

Dr. Matthew R. Larson
Past President, National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM); Senior Fellow, Math Solutions

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In Blended Learning, Combine ‘Old School’ Teaching With Modern-Day Technology

The best way to teach students is to leverage both old-school wisdom and modern-day technologies, ICLE Senior Fellow Weston Kieschnick says.

Jordan Friedman
Former Shaped Editor

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Why and How Reading Is in Crisis

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

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MSC 2018: What We Heard From Education Experts

Jordan Friedman
Former Shaped Editor

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Rigor Without Mortis: Writing in Today’s Classrooms

Dr. Joyce Armstrong Carroll
National Writing Consultant; Co-Director of Abydos Literacy Learning

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