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

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Escaping our own reality by diving into a fantastical world can be an exciting adventure and a therapeutic release.

Keep students attention in online class

Remote learning forces educators to alter how they create instruction. Improve the online instructional experience for your students with these tips.

Erik Palmer
Program Consultant, Into Reading and Into Literature

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Dr. Nathan Clemens explains the science of reading and what forms of reading instruction are most effective, based on more than 40 years of high-quality research.

Dr. Nathan Clemens
Associate Professor, University of Texas, Austin

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Escaping our own reality by diving into a fantastical world can be an exciting adventure and a therapeutic release.

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Welcome to This Is America! We’ll provide five days of reading and learning activities designed to engage your child in an exploration of our country and its symbols.

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Discover five days of reading and learning activities designed to engage your child in an exploration of our country and its symbols.

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Explore five days of reading and learning activities for Grades 3-5 designed to engage your child in an exploration of our country and its symbols.

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¡Bienvenidos a Estos son los Estados Unidos! We provide you with daily summer reading activities in Spanish about our country and its symbols.

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¡Bienvenidos a Estos son los Estados Unidos! We provide you with daily summer reading activities in Spanish about our country and its symbols.

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¡Bienvenidos a Estos son los Estados Unidos! We provide you with daily summer reading activities in Spanish about our country and its symbols.

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When books are so engaging, filmmakers inevitably want to try adapting them for the big screen. Notice the changes they have made or have had to make as you read and watch.

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When books are so engaging, filmmakers inevitably want to try adapting them for the big screen. Notice the changes they have made or have had to make as you read and watch.

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Download a free Social Studies lesson plan and student activity about Native American Oral History on the Oregon Trail.

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Explore space, travel in time, and make friends with a robot in this week’s great summer reads with Carol Jago.

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Visit Mars, tour the galaxy, and befriend curious species in this week’s great summer reads.

Lgbtq authors books

Explore LGBTQ authors for Pride Month this year. These LGBTQ books were published from the 19th century through today.

Susan Steinway
Archivist, HMH

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Explore five days of reading and learning activities designed to engage your child in an exploration of nature all around us.

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Van a recibir lecciones de lectura y aprendizaje para cinco días con las que su hijo podrá conocer más sobre la naturaleza que nos rodea.

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