Hooray For Monday
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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Creating radical change in the school experience — away from compliance and toward authentic engagement. Center for Inspired Teaching envisions a future in which every person is prepared to thrive in and contribute to our complex and rapidly changing world, through an education that teaches students how to think, not what to think.
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Feb 16, 2025 • 8min
February 17, 2025: What It Means to Love New Orleans
An exploration of the city's resilience -- and Mardi Gras -- from Meag Campos.
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Feb 9, 2025 • 5min
February 10, 2025: Black History Month: Context, Connection, and Curiosity
Curiosity is fueled by learning content in context, by connecting what we learn in the classroom to our own lives and the world beyond the classroom walls.
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The written version of this week's issue: https://mailchi.mp/inspiredteaching.org/hooray-for-monday-february-10-25
Feb 2, 2025 • 7min
February 3, 2025: Moving Forward
We’re redoubling our dedication to making school a place where both teachers and students feel safe, respected, and engaged in their learning.
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Jan 26, 2025 • 39min
January 27, 2025: Not Just a Mars Rover
Arts educator, NASA outreach professional, and design thinker Sandra Vilevec shares her thoughts with us.
Glucose Studios: https://www.glucosestudios.org/about-9
Join the Curiosity Challenge: https://inspiredteaching.org/curiosity-challenge-2025/
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Jan 19, 2025 • 8min
January 20, 2025: Curiosity and Dr. King
Carrying forth the legacy of Dr. King is as much a call for curiosity as it is for service.
Written version: https://inspiredteaching.org/curiosity-dr-king-hooray-for-monday
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Join the Inspired Teaching 7-Day Curiosity Challenge, beginning January 21: https://inspiredteaching.org/curiosity-challenge-2025/
Jan 12, 2025 • 8min
January 13, 2025: Ditching the Agenda
Which kind of questions serve to teach us something, and which just make us think we did?
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Jan 5, 2025 • 27min
January 6, 2025: Be Observant
Jenna shares highlights from her conversation with Inspired Teachers Ada Ezeh and Shay Schoppert -- PreK teachers in Washington, DC -- when they joined the November online Inspired Teaching Institute.
Join the 2025 Curiosity Challenge: https://inspiredteaching.org/curiosity-challenge-2025/
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Dec 29, 2024 • 8min
December 30, 2024: Best of 2024
Revisit some of our favorite issues of Hooray For Monday from 2024!
Written version: https://inspiredteaching.org/top-10-2024-hooray-for-monday/
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Curiosity Challenge 2025: https://inspiredteaching.org/curiosity-challenge/
Education Experts and Changemakers playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLEulY3cS7KvkcmJ3RGcTukwn_w7vNYkh1
Dec 22, 2024 • 5min
December 23, 2024: Curiosity Demands Play
Jenna is inspired by game night and a recent article in The Atlantic to explore the benefits of having fun and playing outside our comfort zones.
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Dec 15, 2024 • 5min
December 16, 2024: Polarization. And How to Beat It
Polarization is the Merriam-Webster Word of the Year; what would it take to make Curiosity 2025's?
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