Hooray For Monday
What would it take for every child — and teacher — to be excited for school on Monday mornings?
Hooray for Monday is an award-winning professional learning resource that supports teachers in framing current events, tough moments, and classroom challenges as rich—and hope-full—opportunities for learning in the week ahead. Hooray for Monday challenges educators to hone their skills as Instigators of Thought©; includes instructional ideas from our Inspired2Learn collection; and provides links to other useful tools and free Inspired Teaching programming. Each week, Hooray For Monday offers transformative and sustainable methods for shifting education away from compliance toward authentic engagement.
Actionable insights for creating classrooms in which everyone thrives
Inspiring advice from teachers, school leaders, and education changemakers
Transformative activities and strategies for authentically engaging learning
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Bodily Autonomy: A Greeting, a Choice, Lessons in Respect
Lisa Brosnan, a 2026–2027 Inspired Teaching Fellow, helps young learners practice consent, express preference and respect another’s boundaries.
That’s a great question, let’s investigate it.
Laura Edmonds, a 2026–2027 Inspired Teaching Fellow, uses skills from improv to create space for growth and learning.
Speak Truth: Can One Song Speak for a Generation?
Fun works best when it’s not the goal. When teachers lead with experience over entertainment, students are free to discover joy, and learning takes shape.
Banned Books Week: “The library is the heart of the school!”
Fun works best when it’s not the goal. When teachers lead with experience over entertainment, students are free to discover joy, and learning takes shape.
Speak Truth: “We listen and we don’t judge!”
Fun works best when it’s not the goal. When teachers lead with experience over entertainment, students are free to discover joy, and learning takes shape.
Fun: “Wow, I did that thing!” | Hooray For Monday
Fun works best when it’s not the goal. When teachers lead with experience over entertainment, students are free to discover joy, and learning takes shape.
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The educators and changemakers featured in Hooray For Monday have so many inspiring perspectives and experiences to share — sometimes we can’t fit them all into one issue! Check out our video collection for a peek into these conversations and additional resources for educators, parents, and all adults committed to creating a better learning experience.
Martha Graham, the mother of modern dance, spoke of “divine dissatisfaction” to describe the experience of creation and growth. As I understand it, dissatisfaction means that learning and creating are never finished, there is always more to do; and divine means there is joy in the quest for continuous improvement.