Hooray For Monday
Center for Inspired Teaching
Hooray for Monday is an award-winning collection of resources from Center for Inspired Teaching, shared at the start of every week. These resources feature questions, ideas, reflections, and actions we can all take to remodel the school experience for students. Hooray for Monday challenges teachers to hone their skills as Instigators of Thought©, includes instructional ideas from our #Inspired2Learn collection, and provides links to other useful tools and opportunities.
About Us
Creating radical change in the school experience — away from compliance and toward authentic engagement. Center for Inspired Teaching envisions a future in which every person is prepared to thrive in and contribute to our complex and rapidly changing world, through an education that teaches students how to think, not what to think.
About Us
Creating radical change in the school experience — away from compliance and toward authentic engagement. Center for Inspired Teaching envisions a future in which every person is prepared to thrive in and contribute to our complex and rapidly changing world, through an education that teaches students how to think, not what to think.
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Mar 29, 2026 • 27min
March 30, 2026: Using AI? Let Curiosity Lead
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.
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Mar 22, 2026 • 39min
March 23, 2026: Creativity isn't a Blank Sheet of Paper
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.
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Mar 14, 2026 • 21min
March 16, 2026: (From the Archives) Do It Afraid
Revisit our conversation with Christa Barfield, healthcare adminstrator-turned-urban-farmer, in this interview from July 2023.
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Learn more about FarmerJawn and the work they are doing in the Philadelphia metro area: https://www.farmerjawn.co/
Mar 7, 2026 • 30min
March 9, 2026: Working at the Edge
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.
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Listen to the first part of the conversation: https://soundcloud.com/inspiredteaching/march-2-2026-the-spece-between/s-6jDBCPCDcUf?si=a2e3265f95c241c9a17ae4b6cbf5f62a&utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing
Mar 2, 2026 • 27min
March 2, 2026: The Space Between Question and Answer
Maggie Jackson, award-winning journalist and author focused on attention and uncertainty. She explains why schools should teach how to navigate uncertainty. She distinguishes two kinds of uncertainty and shows how leaders who pause make better decisions. Practical tips for teachers and the power of living in the space between question and answer are highlighted.
Feb 21, 2026 • 36min
February 23, 2026: Observation is for the Birds
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 pursuit: birdwatching.
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Join the Inspired Teaching Curiosity Challenge: https://inspiredteaching.org/inspired-teaching-curiosity-challenge/
Feb 15, 2026 • 35min
February 16, 2026: (From the Archives) An Interview with Jonathan Kozol
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.
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Feb 8, 2026 • 5min
February 9, 2026: If You Love It, Say Why
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.
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Feb 1, 2026 • 11min
February 2, 2026: Everything Old is New Again
Jenna and Michelle discuss how Groundhog Day the movie is an appropriate metaphor for the work Inspired Teaching has been doing for decades.
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Download the 2024-2025 Inspired Teaching Annual Report:
The World Economic Forum's whitepaper:
Jan 24, 2026 • 10min
January 26, 2026: To Try New Things, We Must Embrace Mistakes
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.
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Audio clip from Scientific American, "Want to Make Your Resolution Stick This Year? Behavioral Science Has the Answers", January 5, 2026: https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/how-to-keep-your-new-years-resolutions-behavioral-science-tips-that-work/
