Stories & Announcements

It’s Banned Books Week | Hooray For Monday
Listen to this week’s podcast episode to learn how to use the Everyday Advocacy framework in the face of book bans and censorship.

Everyday Advocacy | Hooray For Monday
Every teacher can, and should, have the agency to take the reins of what’s happening in their schools and classrooms.

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.

Inspired Teaching Institute: Reframing Our Thinking
All behavior is communication — including and especially what we might consider bad behavior. Often, in response to our students’ undesirable behavior, we institute rewards- or compliance-based systems in our classrooms and schools. But external motivation systems do...

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.

Inspired Teaching Institute: Adopting a "Yes, And…" Approach
How do you decide when to say “yes” to the ideas your students bring into your instruction? What does it look like to enlist your students as partners in building a classroom culture? What are some things administrators could do to create school cultures where...

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.