Helping practitioners understand how vulnerability shapes learning.
For over 25 years, Mockingbird Education has helped educators, mentors, and workforce practitioners teach more effectively and more consistently. We blend neuroscience, psychology, and practical classroom wisdom to create research-driven habits that improve how practitioners teach, coach, and mentor vulnerable learners.
Mockingbird Education
Our national training model equips educators with consistent, research-based habits that improve teaching, motivation, and learner outcomes.
Where Science Meets Grit.
Mockingbird Education was founded in 2007 on one simple mission: to help educators teach the whole learner. Our work is built on a biopsychosocial approach—understanding how the brain, emotions, and environment shape learning. Every strategy we teach has been field-tested in real classrooms with real learners facing real challenges.
Our Founder…
Tamara Thompson, M.S. is the CEO and founder of Mockingbird Education.
An award-winning educator, Tamara has received state and national recognition for both instruction and curriculum design.
- 2003 Austin Area Teacher of the Year
- Michael Jordan Foundation Innovation Grant recipient
- Southern Poverty Law Center Teaching for Tolerance Grant recipient
- YouthBuild USA Teacher Fellow
- Doctoral Research Fellow, University of North Texas, Department of Curriculum and Instruction
Tamara’s vision for Mockingbird was built from the classroom outward—combining the science of learning with the art of human connection to transform how educators reach, teach, and inspire.
What Mockingbird Looks Like in Action
Mockingbird by the Numbers
10k
Educators and practitioners trained
13+
Countries Where the Methodology is used
4
Languages translated and adapted
70+
years of Research + 25 years of Teaching Grit