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Global learning company Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (HMH) announced today a partnership with education nonprofit City Year to launch HMH Classroom Corps, a unique multi-tiered program that provides employees with opportunities to connect with teachers and students in schools across the United States. Part of the company’s Corporate Social Responsibility program, HMH Classroom Corps will connect employees with local City Year chapters to host Learning Forums—interactive events focused on helping students build literary and math skills through hands-on activities. In March, HMH employees across three offices participated in the inaugural Learning Forums at P.S. 75 School of Research and Discovery in New York City, the Lake View YMCA in Chicago, and the Curtis Guild Elementary School in Boston. Volunteers guided elementary school students through literacy and STEM activities, including assembling geometric shapes using marshmallows and toothpicks, conducting volcano experiments, and performing short plays from HMH’s Readers’ Theater collection. Each student was able to select from hundreds of donated HMH books to take home. Click Read More below for additional information.

Savvas Learning Company, a K-12 next-generation learning solutions leader, is excited to announce that its myPerspectives English Language Arts program has received the highest rating of “All-Green” from EdReports. myPerspectives is a student-centered, standards-aligned English Language Arts (ELA) program for grades 6-12 that values the perspective of the learner and prepares students to become lifelong readers and writers. “Savvas understands that high-quality ELA instruction should support and challenge students to become critical thinkers,” said Bethlam Forsa, CEO of Savvas Learning Company. “With a diverse collection of literary selections and meaningful learning opportunities to expand and show knowledge, myPerspectives engages students with dynamic reading and writing experiences that help them develop strong literacy skills. We appreciate EdReports for recognizing myPerspectives for its highly successful, evidence-based approach that both inspires students and improves learning outcomes.”

Congestion at the nation’s ports has largely disappeared as import levels have fallen amid economic uncertainty. That’s according to the Global Port Tracker report released Monday by the National Retail Federation and Hackett Associates. It found that while import cargo volume at the nation’s major container ports is climbing back from a nearly three-year low in February, it is expected to remain well below last year’s levels heading into the fall. “Consumers are still spending and retail sales are expected to increase this year, but we’re not seeing the explosive demand we saw the past two years,” NRF VP for supply chain and customs policy Jonathan Gold said.