Stories & Announcements

A Love Letter to the Library | Hooray For Monday
Libraries serve a unique function in society: hubs of reading, literacy, and knowledge that are also havens for children and families in need; people seeking vital career skills and public health access; and more.

April 16 Curiosity Hour
At Center for Inspired Teaching, we have spent three decades teaching teachers how to create authentically engaged classrooms where students’ learning is fueled by curiosity rather than compliance. We believe curiosity is the antidote to polarization; the desire to...

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.

April 2 Curiosity Hour
At Center for Inspired Teaching, we have spent three decades teaching teachers how to create authentically engaged classrooms where students’ learning is fueled by curiosity rather than compliance. We believe curiosity is the antidote to polarization; the desire to...

April 7: Making Constructive Choices
This event has passed; please check the Inspired Teaching Institute page for details on upcoming events!What if you designed your instructional approach specifically to build students’ capacity to make constructive choices? What would that sound like? Look like? Feel...

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.

May 3 Early Childhood ACBDE of Learner Needs Workshop
Create Classrooms Where Everyone Thrives All behavior is communication. And when it comes to our youngest learners, behavior is often their primary form of communication. So, what are our students trying to tell us when they won't sit still, get in fights with...

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.