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Why Fluency?

At the start of each school year, we welcome a new group of students into our classrooms, but more importantly, we welcome them into our....

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Can Empathy Be Taught? How SEL Can Foster Growth in Students & Teachers Alike

Books can serve as a powerful tool for supporting students’ development of both literacy and social/emotional skills. Building classrooms....

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Change Making is Happening In Your Classroom

I try to go to the gym each school day. There are moments when I wake up in the freezing Chicago cold and make it to the 5:00 AM....

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(LISTEN) Open Up Resources CEO Talks the Business of K-12 on Price of Business Radio

K-12 education in the US is a $700 billion industry with 6.5 million employees in the K-12 system, not counting K-12 products / services,....

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Falling in Love with Math: Fun Classroom Resources & Ideas for Valentine's Day

Chocolate, teddy bears, love letters and flowers. These things are synonymous with Valentine's Day and will likely fill your classrooms on....

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Affordable Professional Learning for K-12 Teachers is Crucial and Possible

A model to improve student outcomes exists—and is more accessible than you think.

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Solving America's Literacy Crisis is All in the Science

Teachers: Join this free, 8-week webinar series on K-3 literacy. Now through March 18.

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Open Up Resources 6–8 Math Teacher of the Month: Jill Bemis

Jill Bemis, a 7th and 8th-grade teacher at Washington Middle School in Miles City Unified School District (MT), has been named the Open Up....

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Launch a Social-Emotional Learning (SEL) Program in Your Schools with the Titles on Your Shelves

Meet the CASEL-certified curriculum that’s a “game-changer” for teachers in grades 2-12.

Two key topics permeated K-12 in 2019 and these....

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America’s Schools Get a Failing Grade Teaching Reading: How to Improve Literacy Nationwide

If our nation’s schools got a report card right now, the teacher's notes would say “needs improvement.” And, soon. 

A 2019 study by the ....

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