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

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Finding ways to bring fiction writing into the curriculum from Tom Newkirk, author of Writing Unbound: How Fiction Transforms Student Writers.

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Learn how to introduce new reading and writing habits into your daily life from Stephanie Affinito, author of Leading Literate Lives.

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What happens when we infuse writing workshop with ample use of the arts and time to play? An introduction to Story Workshop: New Possibilities for Young Writers by Susan Harris MacKay.

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Shamari is joined by Cornelius Minor as they discuss the impact the pandemic has had on teachers, the endurance of American racism, and imagining a better future.

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This week, Shamari is joined by Shane Coleman, a physics teacher in Brooklyn, as they talk about finding joy in teaching.

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Learn about writing progressions that make going from assessment to planning to teaching faster and more efficient from Heinemann author, Jennifer Serravallo.

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What are the benefits of writing in small groups? Today on the podcast we’re speaking with Jen Serravallo about her new book Teaching Writing in Small Groups.

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This week, Shamari is joined by Rusty Walker, a veteran teacher in San Diego, as they talk about holding empathy for our students and ourselves.

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Watch Jennifer Serravallo discuss her new book, Teaching Writing in Small Groups, in a special LIVE recording.

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This post highlights a few of our virtual Heinemann consulting authors.

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This week, Shamari is joined by Linda Aldebot, a Middle School teacher in the Bronx, as they talk about our fears as humans who want to do what's best for students.

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At Heinemann, we believe that teachers are in the best position to make decisions about how to meet their students where they are and move them forward.

Cornelius Minors Guide to Making Classroom Change

Sometimes the things that we have to do become tradition, and as tradition ages sometimes those practices do not serve all children. Sometimes we have to change an established way of doing things in order to better serve our kids.

Water For Teachers EP3 Gabby Bachoo

This week, Shamari is joined by Gabby Bachoo, a first year teacher, as they talk about our ability to love as humans and how we can center that love in the classroom.

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Announcing our Spring 2021 Catalog with new resources from Irene Fountas and Gay Su Pinnell, Jennifer Serravallo, Thomas Newkirk, Liz Kleinrock, and many more.

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This week, Shamari is joined by Tara Benitez as they talk about our complicated identities as humans in education.

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If conferring is the heartbeat of the writing classroom when we are teaching in person, perhaps it becomes even more crucial in a remote setting.

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This week, Shamari is joined by Holly Jordan, as they explore the power of vulnerability and being honest about our imperfect humanity.

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