Shaped: The Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Education Blog

Rebuilding Relationships With Your Students Now and Post-COVID

To rebuild relationships during and after the pandemic, consider reaching out to students' families and consider students' new needs after a challenging year.

Venola Mason

Associate Partner, ICLE

April 14, 2021

Teacher Appreciation Week Ideas from Principals and Administrators

Looking for the perfect way to say “Thank-you” to educators? We’ve collected Teacher Appreciation Week ideas from principals and administrators across the country. Feel free to steal or revamp them as you please.

Shaped Staff

April 08, 2021

Why and How to Prioritize Intervention to Bridge the COVID Learning Gap

What can be done to help those students who have felt the impacts of unfinished learning? Note that there isn't a one-size-fits-all solution.

Brittany Mamphey, M.Ed.

Dean of Students, Mt. Healthy South Elementary School, Ohio

April 07, 2021

How Differentiated Instruction Transformed a Charter School

Learn how Peak Charter Academy in North Carolina prioritized differentiation in the classroom, even when the COVID-19 pandemic hit the U.S.

Steve Pond

Principal, Peak Charter Academy, North Carolina

April 07, 2021

Creating a Virtual Academy in Your District? Here Are 6 Things to Consider

Some kids are benefitting from our experiment with online learning during the pandemic, and districts across the country are building virtual academies to meet their needs.

Dr. Robert Dillon

School Designer, Author, Educator

March 26, 2021

10 Social and Emotional Learning Strategies for Responding to COVID-19

Explore key principles and strategies that schools and educators can use to nurture students’ social and emotional development.

Francie Alexander

Chief Research Officer, HMH

Dr. Amy Endo

Education Research Director, Supplemental & Intervention Language & Literacy

March 26, 2021

Planning for 504 and IEP Success in a Post-Pandemic World

Incorporate lessons from distance learning into your IEP and 504 planning. Suzanne Jimenez, a former director of special education in Virginia, shares strategies.

Dr. Suzanne Jimenez

Director of Academic Planning and Data Analytics at HMH

March 18, 2021