Heinemann Blog

Background knowledge acts as a framework that students can use to connect new information to what they already know, deepening their reading comprehension.

Carla Dabau provides tips for creating classroom spaces to bring peace and success to teachers.

Heinemann is thrilled to partner with Dr. Chris Emdin to bring timely and practical content to teachers through his new series Don't Worry Just Teach.

100-Word Stories is now available as an audiobook! Listen to the book in author Kim Culbertson's own voice, featuring Grant Faulkner.

How can we address the hurdles that adolescent writers face? One way is through an invitation to become a modern-day scribe.

New teachers, is your start-of-the-year energy dead and gone? Berit Gordon provides tips to revive yourself mid-year.

In anticipation of NCTE 2024, we're happy to offer a discount of 20% off professional books. See post for details, including Heinemann's informational NCTE page.

Announcing the line up for the 2025 Heinemann professional books!

Building background knowledge moves students away from fake reading and into long reading with books.

What does critical reading mean in a time of social media, YouTube, algorithms, AI, and fake news? Join us for the book launch of 5 Questions for Any Text: Critical Reading in the Age of Disinformation by Marilyn Pryle.

In this IN PERSON event, Andrea Honigsfeld explores how language and literacy development is a dynamic process that naturally evolves for multilingual learners.

R. Joseph Rodríguez outlines the scribe's elements of literacy and scribal practices to help students gain a life long love of writing.

What do rural educators need to know to navigate in their communities? Cathie English illuminates how she shifted her mindset from growing up in a rural environment, to her first teaching job, to settling into a community with a new outlook.

Learn how to scaffold productive and engaging conversations with your students from the author of Phenomenal Teaching, Wendy Ward Hoffer.

Today we hear from author and teacher Marilyn Pryle about the crucial role of English teachers in today's world.

Jennifer Lempp and Skip Tyler's Math Workshop, Grades 6-12 is now available! Watch the authors discuss the layout of the book, accompanied by an excerpt

How can we create a classroom environment where every student feels like a math person?

Marilyn Pryle's 5 Questions for Any Text: Critical Reading in the Age of Disinformation is now available! Watch Marilyn discuss the new book and detail the five questions for unlocking deeper understanding.