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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To AI or Not to AI: These are the Questions | Hooray For Monday
It’s our responsibility—to our students and ourselves—to be the drivers, not the passengers, of educational innovation.
AI: Curiosity Killer or Fuel for Learning? | Hooray For Monday
Whatever role AI may eventually play in the classroom, at Center for Inspired Teaching, we know curiosity is always a necessity.
We Need to Have Tough Conversations | Hooray For Monday
Now is not the time to shy away from discussing the day’s big–and maybe controversial–moments with your students.
The Courage of a Maybe | Hooray For Monday
There is a lot going on in the world right now. Support your students in navigating this uncertainty.
Clear is Kind | Hooray For Monday
Speak Truth serves as an opportunity for students to build and strengthen leadership skills and as a space for young people to be physically present with one another.
Relational Fitness | Hooray For Monday
Speak Truth serves as an opportunity for students to build and strengthen leadership skills and as a space for young people to be physically present with one another.
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Sharing Expert Advice and Insights
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.
As we sit in our bedrooms and basements this week peering into our screens, preparing to greet the young faces who will soon peer back at us, we will create, we will learn, and we will grow, just as we always have.






