Heinemann Blog

Thought leadership supporting the latest innovations in K-12 education.

Kylene Beers NCTE Award

Heinemann is proud to announce author Kylene Beers is receiving the James R. Squire Award at NCTE 2024.

Overcoming Writing Anxiety

Ever stared at a blank page and felt paralyzed? Writing can feel like an insurmountable challenge, whether it's a simple email or a complex essay.

Finding the Right Teaching Job

In this sample of the audiobook, you'll learn how to reflect on your values, practical steps to assess if a school aligns with those values and why new teachers should be particularly discerning about their first schools.

Engaging Students with Book Clubs

How can you start the year off right and avoid the collective groan elicited from assigning a whole class classic novel? Is there a better entry point or a way to build up to this? The answer, start with book clubs.

Integrating Students' Funds of Knowledge

How can you leverage the everyday experiences of your students to make learning more engaging and meaningful?

Bias in Teaching part 1

Lorena Germán discusses the racial silence in stories as a bias we need to address, and invites us to interrogate our imaginations.

Creating Joyful Classroom Reading Communities

Are reading incentives and competitions doing more harm than good in your classroom?

7 Tips for Using The Jump Rope Readers Nonfiction Decodable Books

There are many ways to use Jump Rope Readers in your classroom. Like all decodable books, they can support whole class lessons, small group work, and independent practice.

How Classroom Assessment Data Can Drive Instructional Success

Discover practical ways to use assessment data to personalize instruction and improve student outcomes in elementary and middle school classrooms. Learn strategies that teachers can implement today.

R para 20

How can you effectively integrate generative AI into your writing classroom while maintaining academic integrity?

5 Strategies to Help Kids with Fluency

Kylene Beers offers 5 ways teachers can help students improve fluency.

FPC 2024 WML Blog

Writing minilessons are a powerful tool for teachers, helping students to grow as independent writers.

R para 19

How can alerting readers to significant moments transform the way you and your students engage with a text?

2024 Catalog

Heinemann is proud to announce a new professional books catalog for fall 2024. Includes a curated list of forthcoming and previously published titles.

Upcoming Events at Heinemann

Upcoming events at Heinemann for professional development and learning. To be continuously updated.

PD Boswell Event

How do we address the reluctant writers in our classrooms? In this three-part series, explore ways to create a safe space and offer choices in writing.

5 Strategies by Moses

MLLs bring rich cultural and linguistic resources to the classroom. Lindsey Moses offers five approaches to identify and access their prior knowledge.

Upcoming Events at Heinemann

In this event hosted by authors Dennis Magliozzi and Kristina Peterson, learn how AI can revolutionize your secondary English classroom.

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