Hooray for Monday is an award-winning collection of resources we share at the start of every week. These resources feature questions, ideas, reflections, and actions we can all take to remodel the school experience for students. Hooray for Monday challenges teachers to hone their skills as Instigators of Thought©, includes instructional ideas from our #Inspired2Learn collection, and provides links to other useful tools and opportunities.

Hooray For Monday

Just this past week, the January 6 hearings are wrapping up (or, at least, gearing up), Covid cases are back on the rise, and our country continues the painful struggle to come to some kind of agreement on how to protect ourselves from gun violence. What could be more important than teaching our young people how to engage in discourse – on issues large and small – with “grace,” “respect,” and “empathetic listening.”

Read the full issue on our website:

Speak Truth Guidebook: https://inspiredteaching.org/academy/speak-truth-guidebook-2/

Seeing with Different Eyes: https://inspiredteaching.org/seeing-with-different-eyes/

Listening with Someone Else's Ears: https://inspiredteaching.org/listening-with-someone-elses-ears/

July 25, 2022: What's Missing from Public Discourse?

Curiosity bridges divides among us, enables us to implement AI productively, and fuels student engagement. This means fueling curiosity should be high on your priority list.

Join the Inspired Teaching Curiosity Challenge: https://inspiredteaching.org/curiosity-challenge-2025/

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December 1, 2025: Are We Curious Yet?

Aleta speaks with journalist, professor, and Associate Dean of Academic Affairs at Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism Dr. George Miller for his insight into watching, reading, and listening to the news today.

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December 8, 2025: It's All About Exploration

Jenna and Aleta reflect on what they've observed in the classrooms of Inspired Teaching Fellows this fall, and how those lessons can apply to classrooms everywhere.

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December 15, 2025: What Our Teachers Are Teaching Us

Aleta and Michelle discuss how Hooray For Monday came to be, and ends up in your inbox every week, and a few of the 2025 issues they really love.

Read all of our--and your-- favorite Hooray For Mondays of 2025: https://inspiredteaching.org/2025-highlights-hooray-for-monday/

Join the Inspired Teaching Curiosity Challenge: https://inspiredteaching.org/inspired-teaching-curiosity-challenge/

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December 22, 2025: Our Favorite Issues of 2025

Hooray for Monday is an award-winning collection of resources from Center for Inspired Teaching, shared at the start of every week. These resources feature questions, ideas, reflections, and actions we can all take to remodel the school experience for students. Hooray for Monday challenges teachers to hone their skills as Instigators of Thought©, includes instructional ideas from our #Inspired2Learn collection, and provides links to other useful tools and opportunities.

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July 25, 2022: What's Missing from Public Discourse?

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