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This week in our ESSA series, HMH Chief Academic Officer Francie Alexander discusses the importance of SEL for student engagement and ways to support SEL efforts with research, measurement, and developing critical behaviors for success.

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.

Wondering what makes successful schools and districts tick? In this series, “Leading a Model School,” we ask principals and superintendents from across the country to share the secrets behind the recent gains and successes in their schools and districts. Find out how school leader Dwight Carter responded to a disruption to enhance school climate.

Dr. Susan Szachowicz shares successful strategies for building consensus—and negotiating resistance—when undertaking school- or district-wide initiatives.

Poet, educator, literacy advocate, and best-selling author Kwame Alexander discusses the value of classroom publishing in developing self-confident, engaged students.

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

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

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

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

The Spark interviews national mathematics thought leader Cathy Seeley on the state of mathematics instruction in the U.S.

In honor of Read Across America Day, let’s celebrate great American literature by inspiring reading.

In this edition of The Spark News Roundup, we highlight a California early learning campaign to shrink language disparities by installing conversation prompts into playgrounds, an innovative scaffolding technique for teaching English-language learners, how America’s academic approaches differ from the rest of the world, and more.  

English Language Development teacher Amelia Herrera shares lessons she has learned from teaching refugee students.

In celebration of Computer Science Education Week this week, we’ve compiled a list of 9 apps and resources created by the variety of providers on HMH Marketplace.

In a Q&A with Dr. Matt Larson, a former math teacher and current President Elect of The National Council of Teachers of Mathematics, HMH takes a closer look at the opportunity gap in mathematics and how effective tracking and assessments are.

HMH's Director of Literacy Education Research Julia Febiger shares key takeaways from a study from The Institution of Education Sciences about effective reading programs and practices for adolescents.

In this edition of The Spark News Roundup, we take a closer look at how some schools are introducing new and innovative practices into their classrooms, from scheduling four recesses a day, to embracing a more interactive approach to preschool math instruction through the use of talking puppets.

HMH is sending out a final call for submissions to the Spark a Story national short story writing contest, which closes October 7.