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Shaped Staff

The Shaped Staff is a group of writers and editors with extensive and varied backgrounds in education—consisting of the Content Marketing team at HMH. Together, they bring expertise in education journalism, content development, copywriting—as well as teaching experience in the elementary grades and secondary English and math.

The Content Marketing team includes Christine Condon, senior director of content marketing; Richard Blankman, marketing director; Zoe Del Mar, senior content marketing manager; Brenda Iasevoli, senior content marketing manager; Alicia Ivory, senior copywriter; and Jennifer Corujo, content marketing manager.

They can be reached at Shaped@hmhco.com.

 
Msc 2017

Feeling energized and encouraged, participants at the 25th Annual Model Schools Conference shared their experiences on social media. Find out what inspired them most about MSC 2017.

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Quad D Idea Lab Plants the Seed for Rigorous Learning thumb

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.

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Attending iste 2017 in san antonio thumb

HMH is proud to participate at the ISTE 2017 Conference, sharing our expertise, best practices, and technology thought leadership with EdTech leaders.

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Introducing the Teachers of Beastie Hall Last Stop Professor Readwells Success Classroom thumb

In Professor Readwell’s Beastie Hall Success Classroom, children put their newly acquired foundational skills together to read independently.

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Introducing the Teachers of Beastie Hall Meet Mrs Wordy thumb

Our tour of iRead’s Beastie Hall continues with Mrs. Wordy’s Word Play Classroom. See how children learn to build bigger words by understanding word parts.

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

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

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

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

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Next stop mr seemores sight words classroom thumb

Our tour of iRead’s Beastie Hall online classrooms continues with a visit to the Sight Words Classroom of Mr. Seemore, who helps children learn high-frequency words.

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Top takeaways from our literacy experts thumb

HMH’s spring Lead the Way to Literacy Leadership Talks have wrapped up, and we’d like to leave you with some collected wisdom from our experts.

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Three students recognized for reading mastery thumb

HMH continues to honor the winners of the 2017 180 Student Awards. We are proud to share the inspiring stories of our System 44 honorees.

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Meet mr sounders thumb

As we continue to introduce the animated teachers of iRead’s Beastie Hall, discover how Mr. Sounders systematically introduces students to the 44 sounds of the English language, and more.

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Nine students are recognized by their teachers thumb

HMH has just announced the winners in this year’s Student 180 Awards. We are proud to share the inspiring stories of our READ 180 honorees.

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Three math students recognized thumb

This week, HMH announced the winners of the 2017 180 Student Awards. We are proud to share the inspiring stories of our MATH 180 honorees.

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How a Model Schools Conference Inspired Dramatic Academic Gains thumb

In their recent Lead the Way to Literacy webinar panel discussion, Dr. Lamont Repollet and Sancha Gray, the Superintendent and Assistant Superintendent of Curriculum Instruction from the Asbury Park School District, discuss how they have transformed their district.

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Introducing the teachers of beastie hall first stop thumb

Miss A and Coach Z, two of the animated teachers of iRead’s Beastie Hall, focus on phonological awareness and alphabet knowledge in a systematic and fun way to help children acquire foundational skills.

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The path to reading proficiency by Grade 3 thumb

Our youngest learners are being more challenged than ever to attain reading proficiency, making systematic, explicit instruction in foundational skills more vital than ever.

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