Center for Inspired Teaching

This week's Hooray For Monday offered an important lesson for this time of year: Sometimes, we don't succeed on our first try! And that's OK. ow.ly/C7E750Y1PGL

As in all things, there’s a lesson for how to handle mistakes differently, inspired by a recent Inspired Teaching Fellow classroom visit. ow.ly/wZun50Y1kZL

January 1 always feels so full of promise and potential. Even if we’re approaching the midpoint of the school year, the flip of the calendar reminds us in a concrete way that we’ve completed 12 months and we’re starting 12 more. ow.ly/9ooz50XWilG

Learning something new provides extraordinary benefits to our mental and physical health. And it makes us better leaders for the children in our care. ow.ly/AMFr50XTzcG

What if, in addition to making resolutions, we start this new year by thinking about our aspirations and contributions? ow.ly/uhw950XR92z

The Inspired Teaching Team is sharing our manifestations & aspirations for 2026. Listen on the Hooray For Monday podcast: ow.ly/P4A050XL5E6 & as you enter the new year, we hope Hooray For Monday continues to be your inspiration & toolkit for each week ahead!

Over 50 issues of Hooray For Monday in 2025, we explored AI in the classroom, uncertainty in the world, & the role of curiosity in our lives. It’s impossible to choose the best, so instead we’re sharing a few favorites! ow.ly/WcLP50XKXNe

This week's episode of the Hooray For Monday podcast offers a glimpse into what the 2025-2026 Inspired Teaching Fellows face, and what lessons teachers everywhere can learn from their experiences! ow.ly/yFfG50XHuzs

A note from Founder and President, Aleta Margolis, in the aftermath of the shootings at Brown University and Bondi Beach, and a call to community.

Inspired Teaching President and Founder Aleta Margolis shared these words of wisdom with @ASCD for its Inservice blog back in 2021 -- and they still ring true today. Read her evergreen insights in that piece at the link below. ow.ly/6ojF50XGzGW

When it comes to reading, watching, or listening to the news, this week's Hooray For Monday interviewee says, "It's all about exploration." Listen to our conversation w/ Dr. George Miller & download the InsPIre Curiosity guidebook! ow.ly/9kHk50XBuaZ ow.ly/YPQu50XBuaY

Listen to Aleta's conversation w/ Dr. George Miller, a journalist, professor, & the Associate Dean of Academic Affairs at Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism on the Hooray For Monday podcast. ow.ly/cGhX50XBqOb

The one question everyone should ask the children in their lives (and themselves) every day: "What are you curious about?" See Inspired Teaching Fellow & math teacher at Dunbar HS, Andrea Durio, for inspiration; she's added an interactive curiosity board to her mobile classroom.

Teachers: ask your students, every single day, “What are you curious about?” Read or listen to Hooray For Monday for strategies to make this question part of your teaching practice. ow.ly/rwYj50XyaMl

Inspired Teaching has created a handy guide to help you survive dinner table conversations, whether you’re celebrating Thanksgiving or just sitting down to eat on a Thursday! ow.ly/8aep50Xy9Pz

Everyone has the right to access food and enjoy the holidays with their loved ones during these cold winter months; support our DC neighbors and download and share your copy of the Speak Truth student resource guide. inspiredteaching.org/wp-content/upl…

Our unique traditions highlight the breadth of diversity in the United States & underscore Thanksgiving’s (mythical, but still aspirational) origin: Authentically connecting & building community w/ people who are different from us. ow.ly/j7EB50XvNOK

Read or listen to this week's Hooray For Monday, from the January 2023 archives: ow.ly/j2Xc50Xu4bA

Listen to the Hooray For Monday podcast for Inspired Teaching’s talk with artist, activist, and changemaker Helanius J. Wilkins. Helanius’ insights into the value of lifelong learning and connecting across difference continue to resonate deeply today. ow.ly/PZjW50XrJgx

How do we navigate an information ecosystem tailored to show us what we want to see? How do we identify outlets and individuals whose articles (or tweets) are trustworthy We’ll explore these questions in November's Curiosity Challenge! ow.ly/jaga50Xq9jv