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To the Teachers Who Shape Our Work: We're Listening

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Part of our “Open Book” blog series, Chief Product and Technology Officer Mark Haseltine reflects on how educator feedback shapes everything we build.

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Why Literacy Skills Grow Stronger when Taught in Connection, Not Isolation

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Discover why integrated literacy instruction, not skill-of-the-week teaching, helps comprehension truly stick. Read the research-backed case for teachers.

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Bringing Literacy Lessons to Life

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Discover how to transform your first-grade classroom with real-life connections, vocabulary, and structured lessons that boost engagement for every learner.

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Learning from Educators: Trust, Feedback, and Building Better Products

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Discover why listening to and partnering with educators, not just consulting them, is what turns feedback into real classroom change.

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Keeping Active Kids Focused: Movement-Based Strategies That Work

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An elementary school teacher shares movement-based strategies for active learners, from partner routines to room transformations that boost engagement.

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Planning Explicit Instruction for Whole-Class Engagement: How I Stopped Teaching to the Same Three Kids

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Discover explicit instruction strategies for whole-class engagement that keep every student active from bell to bell. Learn the “Archerisms” that transformed one teacher’s classroom.

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What Is i-Ready Inform? A Teacher's-Eye View

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A former classroom teacher explains how i-Ready Inform assessment works, why productive struggle matters, and what the data means for your child.

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Clarifying the Conversation around i-Ready

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Ty Holmes joins The Education Gadfly Show to unpack the national conversation on ed tech and why purpose, not the tool itself, should drive classroom decisions.

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Beyond Endurance: Rethinking Building Reading Stamina

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Discover what building reading stamina really means for literacy students—and why a varied text diet may develop more adaptable, lifelong readers.

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What 18 Years of Teaching Taught Me About Motivating Middle Schoolers

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Discover practical strategies for motivating middle school students using goals, games, and personalized learning to boost engagement and confidence.

Every Student Can Be a Superhero of Growth

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What happens when you let students own their data? At Arkansas Middle School, it sparked a movement—and transformed attendance, culture, and academic growth.

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Instructional Agility Strategies Every Literacy Teacher Needs

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Every lesson has a moment when students need something different. The ADAPT framework helps teachers respond with agility—and intention.