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

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A Learning Architect Goes to Washington—Part 2: Lifelong Kindergarten

Richard Blankman
Shaped Executive Editor

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A Learning Architect Goes to Washington—Part 1: To Math Is Human

Richard Blankman
Shaped Executive Editor

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Bueller? Bueller? How to Create an Engaged, Psychologically Safe Classroom

Dustin Bindreiff, Ed.D.
Special Education Coordinator, Nevada County Superintendent of Schools; Former Consultant for Mindset Works

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Developing and Using Models: Hands-On Strategies for All Grade Bands!

Michael DiSpezio
Author, ScienceFusion and HMH Science Dimensions Programs

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Cultivate an Appreciation of French Cultures Through Their Holidays

Tameka Mullins
Content Marketing Manager, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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What Does 3D Teaching Look Like?

In advance of his fall science webinar, Cary Sneider, HMH Science Dimensions Consulting Author, shares a collection of virtual field trips to demonstrate 3D teaching in action.

Dr. Cary Sneider
NGSS Writing Team Leader, Associate Research Professor at Portland State University

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Navigating the Every Student Succeeds Act: The Engagement Factor and a Renewed Emphasis on Social Emotional Learning

This week in our ESSA series, HMH Chief Academic Officer Francie Alexander discusses the importance of SEL for student engagement and ways to support SEL efforts with research, measurement, and developing critical behaviors for success.

Francie Alexander
Senior Vice President, Efficacy & Consulting Research

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Quad D Idea Lab Plants the Seed for Rigorous Learning

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.

Shaped Staff

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Leading a Model School: How Reflection Helped Us Create a Positive School Climate in the Wake of a Disruption

Wondering what makes successful schools and districts tick? In this series, “Leading a Model School,” we ask principals and superintendents from across the country to share the secrets behind the recent gains and successes in their schools and districts. Find out how school leader Dwight Carter responded to a disruption to enhance school climate.

Dwight Carter
Principal, New Albany High School

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Getting Buy-in and Dealing with Resistance

Dr. Susan Szachowicz shares successful strategies for building consensus—and negotiating resistance—when undertaking school- or district-wide initiatives.

Dr. Susan Szachowicz
Senior Fellow, Brooklyn High School

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Why Publish in the Classroom?

Poet, educator, literacy advocate, and best-selling author Kwame Alexander discusses the value of classroom publishing in developing self-confident, engaged students.

Kwame Alexander
HMH Author

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Meet the Spark a Story Winners: Part 1

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

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Meet the Spark a Story Winners: Part 3

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

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Meet the Spark a Story Winners: Part 2

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

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Meet the Spark a Story Winners: Part 4

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

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Moving from a traditional teacher-centered approach to upside-down teaching in math

The Spark interviews national mathematics thought leader Cathy Seeley on the state of mathematics instruction in the U.S.

Dr. Cathy Seeley
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Read Across America…and Beyond!

In honor of Read Across America Day, let’s celebrate great American literature by inspiring reading.

Shaped Staff

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The Spark News Roundup: Ideas Worth Sharing

In this edition of The Spark News Roundup, we highlight a California early learning campaign to shrink language disparities by installing conversation prompts into playgrounds, an innovative scaffolding technique for teaching English-language learners, how America’s academic approaches differ from the rest of the world, and more.

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