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Help students create a personalized reading plan that caters to their unique needs. Download a FREE self-reflection tool from Jennifer Serravallo.

Tips for how to transition from traditional teacher-focused instruction to productive student-to-student discussion in your math classroom.

Decoding “big words” is absolutely pivotal to reading and comprehending text. You cannot become a successful reader if you cannot decode multisyllabic words.

Heinemann is pleased to announce the latest addition to our growing line of audiobooks, When Kids Can't Read—What Teachers Can Do, Second Edition by Kylene Beers, narrated by Meredith Beers.

Rebecca Matte and Mark DePietro talk about the importance of moving away from deficit thinking, and how you can incorporate strengths-based perspectives into your classroom.

What is a myth you have encountered about project-based learning and what would you like to replace it with? The biggest myths about project-based learning center around issues of time...

Centering the child’s needs instead of the curriculum can make education better for ALL our students.

School should never be a punishment for neurodiverse children. When students learn to dislike learning it can often be a life sentence.

A roundup of resources to educate ourselves, our classrooms, and our school communities to better support our Neurodivergent students and colleagues.

The audiobook version of The First Five: A Love Letter to Teachers, written and narrated by Patrick Harris II, has been named a finalist for the Audie Award in the business/personal development category.

Interactive writing is a powerful tool to scaffold children’s literacy skills toward independence. Learn more in this new blog from new Heienmann author, Matt Halpern.

In what ways can an understanding of the relationship between reading and writing make planning more efficient?

Confident readers read and think flexibly and critically about content AND perform effectively on the test.

Jennifer Serravallo joins the Heinemann Podcast to detail the brand new Reading Strategies Book 2.0 and share her thinking that went into this new edition.

Highly effective writing teachers teach with mentor texts. In direct instruction lessons, teachers explain the techniques to students.

Engaging in mathematical practices as a classroom and making sense of ideas together requires intellectual risk-taking, creativity, and lots of talk.

After the pandemic, there is no reverse for a global community expansion and inevitably, the U.S. culture is in a continuous state of change. Unless teachers are able to understand the diverse needs of their students, it will be difficult if not impossible to teach them effectively.

Until students are comfortable with authors, genres, and interests, it’s hard for them to find books they will love to read. Learn how the Good Books box can help students select a book.