Hooray For Monday

Aleta reflects on more than 30 years of teaching teachers whose work we're grateful for every day, in recognition of Teacher Appreciation Week. Subscribe to Hooray For Monday for weekly resources and updates on Inspired Teaching programming and events: https://inspiredteaching.org/subscribe-hooray-for-monday/ Listen to the Hooray For Monday episode with Andrea Durio here: https://soundcloud.com/in...

In this week’s Hooray For Monday, Jenna’s conversation with Michael Skinner (Board President of Mott’s Neighborhood Market in the Capitol Hill neighborhood of Washington, DC) highlights the many ways the resource of community can be harnessed to make real change—whether that’s in our neighborhoods or in our school buildings. Subscribe to Hooray For Monday for weekly resources and updates on Inspir...

Inspired Teaching Fellow and ESL teacher in Washington, DC Lasharn Rodriguez shares with us her approach to building community and creating learning environments where her students feel safe and seen--inspired by her own childhood growing up in The Bronx. Subscribe to Hooray For Monday for weekly resources and updates on Inspired Teaching programming and events:

Inspired Teaching Fellow and SEL teacher Emily Hall shares her insight into bringing students' feelings to the forefront in learning. Subscribe to Hooray For Monday for weekly resources and updates on Inspired Teaching programs and events: https://inspiredteaching.org/subscribe-hooray-for-monday/

Teachers have access to an infinite resource that is proven, time and again, to not only improve cognitive skills, but to also increase uncertainty tolerance, build community, and nurture an authentic love of learning: Curiosity. When we dig into our own curiosity—and school leaders create professional learning opportunities to support their teachers in this work—we set the stage for classrooms an...

While we are far from having any certainty with AI use in the classroom, we do have a growing number of examples from educators around the world and researchers to help us navigate that uncertainty--including a conversation with math teacher Inspired Teaching Fellow Andrea Durio about her experience with VR headsets. Subscribe to Hooray For Monday for weekly resources and updates on Inspired Teach...

Inspired Teaching's Project Manager Meag Campos speaks with teachers at her son's high school -- New Orleans Center for Creative Arts in Louisiana--about a lesson they've created in math and science that teaches to standards and is authentically engaging for students. Subscribe to Hooray For Monday for weekly resources and updates on Inspired Teaching programming and events: https://inspiredteachi...

Revisit our conversation with Christa Barfield, healthcare adminstrator-turned-urban-farmer, in this interview from July 2023. Subscribe to Hooray For Monday for weekly resources and updates on Inspired Teaching programs and events: https://inspiredteaching.org/subscribe-hooray-for-monday/ Learn more about FarmerJawn and the work they are doing in the Philadelphia metro area: https://www.farmerjaw...

In the second half of Aleta's conversation with award-winning journalist and author Maggie Jackson, they discuss the deep connection between uncertainty and curiosity, and why embracing both is critical to learning and thriving in the classroom and outside of it. Subscribe to Hooray For Monday for weekly resources and updates on Inspired Teaching events and programming: https://inspiredteaching.or...

Aleta speaks with author Maggie Jackson about uncertainty (the title of her latest book!) Maggie Jackson is a long-time journalist whose work has been featured in The New York Times, Los Angeles Times, and NPR among many others and whose 2018 book, Distracted: Reclaiming Our Focus in a World of Lost Attention, led the charge on the conversations we’re having today about technology’s impact—for bet...

One person who always comes to mind when we think of the observation is Pax Linson, an early childhood educator, longtime friend of Inspired Teaching, and an avid birdwatcher. Before she retired, Pax spent time observing hundreds of classrooms all over Washington DC, both for Inspired Teaching and DC Public Schools. And upon her retirement, she shifted her skills of observation to a different purs...

In early 2024, Aleta spoke with renowned author, activist, and educator about this extraordinary lifetime of work, including his latest and last book, An End to Inequality. Subscribe to Hooray For Monday for weekly resources and important information on Inspired Teaching programming and events:

We crave understanding. We want to know what things mean. And if we’re getting feedback—good, bad, or in-between—it’s so much better if that feedback is specific and meaningful. Subscribe to Hooray For Monday for weekly resources and updates on Inspired Teaching programming and events: https://inspiredteaching.org/subscribe-hooray-for-monday/

Jenna and Michelle discuss how Groundhog Day the movie is an appropriate metaphor for the work Inspired Teaching has been doing for decades. Subscribe to Hooray For Monday for weekly resources and updates on Inspired Teaching programs and events: https://inspiredteaching.org/subscribe-hooray-for-monday/ Download the 2024-2025 Inspired Teaching Annual Report: The World Economic Forum's whitepaper:

Chief Curiosity Officer Jenna speaks with research specialist Maria about New Year's Resolutions pitfalls, and she shares how a recent classroom visit was a great lesson on learning from mistakes. Subscribe to Hooray For Monday to receive weekly resources and important updates on Inspired Teaching programs and events: https://inspiredteaching.org/subscribe-hooray-for-monday/ Audio clip from Scient...

This week's Hooray For Monday originally aired in January 2024 and features Jenna's insights on new habits for the new year, inspired by the writing of James Clear. Read the written version: https://inspiredteaching.org/archives-reset-room-hooray-for-monday/ Subscribe to Hooray For Monday for weekly resources and information on Inspired Teaching programming and events: https://inspiredteaching.org...

At the start of a new calendar year, and entering the second half of the school year, how can we help our brains learn new things? Subscribe to Hooray For Monday to receive weekly resources and information on upcoming Inspired Teaching programs and events: https://inspiredteaching.org/subscribe-hooray-for-monday/

While we're making New Years Resolutions, let's consider our, and our students', aspirations and contributions. Subscribe to the Hooray For Monday newsletter for weekly resources and information on upcoming Inspired Teaching programming and events: https://inspiredteaching.org/subscribe-hooray-for-monday/

The Inspired Teaching team shares our hopes, dreams, and aspirations for the organization in the year ahead. Subscribe to Hooray For Monday for weekly resources and information on Inspired Teaching programming and events: https://inspiredteaching.org/subscribe-hooray-for-monday/

Aleta and Michelle discuss how Hooray For Monday came to be, and ends up in your inbox every week, and a few of the 2025 issues they really love. Read all of our--and your-- favorite Hooray For Mondays of 2025: https://inspiredteaching.org/2025-highlights-hooray-for-monday/ Join the Inspired Teaching Curiosity Challenge: https://inspiredteaching.org/inspired-teaching-curiosity-challenge/ Subscribe...

Jenna and Aleta reflect on what they've observed in the classrooms of Inspired Teaching Fellows this fall, and how those lessons can apply to classrooms everywhere. Subscribe to Hooray For Monday to receive weekly resources and updates on Inspired Teaching programming and events: https://inspiredteaching.org/subscribe-hooray-for-monday/

Aleta speaks with journalist, professor, and Associate Dean of Academic Affairs at Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism Dr. George Miller for his insight into watching, reading, and listening to the news today. Subscribe to Hooray For Monday for weekly resources and updates on Inspired Teaching programs and events: https://inspiredteaching.org/subscribe-hooray-for-monday/

Curiosity bridges divides among us, enables us to implement AI productively, and fuels student engagement. This means fueling curiosity should be high on your priority list. Join the Inspired Teaching Curiosity Challenge: https://inspiredteaching.org/curiosity-challenge-2025/ Subscribe to the Hooray For Monday newsletter: https://inspiredteaching.org/subscribe-hooray-for-monday/

As you celebrate Thanksgiving, consider the many unique traditions around the country--and celebrate that diversity, as well! Subscribe to the Hooray For Monday newsletter for weekly resources and updates on Inspired Teaching programs and events: https://inspiredteaching.org/subscribe-hooray-for-monday/

Each week at our Inspired Teaching staff meeting, we begin with a brief exercise. This past week, each of us responded to the question: “What are you curious about?” The question connects directly with Inspired Teaching’s work to promote the kind of teaching that fuels—instead of stifles—curiosity. Conversation with Helanius J. Wilkins on curiosity: https://soundcloud.com/inspiredteaching/january-...