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Happy

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

Brenda Iasevoli
Shaped Executive Editor

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

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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

Virtual back to school night

These 2021 virtual Back-to-School Night ideas during COVID-19, including activities for parents and students, will help you start off the year on the right foot.

Rachel Swartz
Sixth Grade Teacher, Riverdale Kingsbridge Academy (MS/HS 141), Bronx, New York

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Educators, families, and communities working together can achieve HMH Chief Research Officer Francie Alexander's goal of Literacy for All!

Francie Alexander
Senior Vice President, Efficacy & Consulting Research

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Priyank Bhatt, a lead math teacher at West Side High School in Newark, New Jersey, joins us for a follow-up episode to discuss his experiences with virtual learning as an urban educator, and the social-emotional learning required in the age of COVID-19.

Ali Habashi
Former Shaped Editor

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Listen to our Ready, Set, School! podcast, developed especially for kids, to get tips and advice for starting this school year wherever you do your learning.

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Listen to our Ready, Set, School! podcast, developed especially for kids, to get tips and advice for starting this school year wherever you do your learning.

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Listen to our Ready, Set, School! podcast, developed especially for kids, to get tips and advice for starting this school year wherever you do your learning.

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Listen to our Ready, Set, School! podcast, developed especially for kids, to get tips and advice for starting this school year wherever you do your learning.

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Though the characters in these stories face challenges and obstacles, they never stop trying to do the right thing.

Shaped Staff

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Writing for television is certainly one of the more collaborative forms of writing. But collaboration is only the first step of the process, since the goal of The Writers Room is for writers to come away with an episodic assignment to complete.

Duane Capizzi
TV Writer and Producer

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Though the characters in these stories face challenges and obstacles, they never stop trying to do the right thing.

Shaped Staff

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Have your students explore the exciting world of TV writing with a free lesson plan and insights from producer, writer, and Carmen Sandiego showrunner Duane Capizzi.

Shaped Staff

Ballgame Blog

These sports books for kids will provide your children with some all-star fun while we wait until it’s safe to get back on the field and in the stands.

Susan Steinway
Archivist, HMH

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Museums everywhere are offering free virtual tours and hands-on activities for students.

Brenda Iasevoli
Shaped Executive Editor

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Districts that are responsive to their stakeholders are offering remote learning as a choice for the entire school year. Schools that provide remote learning resources could easily become exemplars of best practices to be shared across the district.

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