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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Cultivate Your Inner Peace | Hooray For Monday
What if we could get good at wading through the uncertainty of the moment? What if we could become cultivators of peace, calm, and even hope?
Hope is a Discipline | Hooray For Monday
At this point in the school year, we have established relationships with our students built on trust and respect. This is the time to be intentional in handing over the reins and letting our students take the lead in their learning.
Girl Math | Hooray For Monday
Starting today, Girl Math means seeing the world through curious eyes. It means wondering about how many ways to calculate the right amount of postage on a letter and what the methodical marching patterns of ants can teach us about geometry.
Happy Pi Day (And Why It Matters) | Hooray For Monday
If we only learn pi as a number that can be plugged into equations to find the radius and diameter of a circle, we’re missing something really interesting and curiosity-producing.
Stand Up for SEL | Hooray For Monday
We cannot expect math and reading scores to improve, or for our young people to grow into capable leaders in the future, if they are not given the opportunity to be curious, compassionate, critical thinkers today.
A Lesson in Handshakes | Hooray For Monday
A recent classroom visit inspires Jenna to reflect on handshakes, trust, and peace.
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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.
Teachers are the most creative problems solvers on the planet. We adapt continuously to new curricula and standards; we incorporate best practices as research uncovers them; and we recalibrate lessons and strategies in real time based on our students’ changing needs and understanding.
