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Questions come naturally to young children: Why is the sky blue? Where do butterflies go in winter? As they grow older, students need invitations to cultivate curiosity and teachers who are able to teach the skill of questioning. The Question Formulation Technique builds this lifelong learning skill, teaching students how to ask their own questions. In this episode we're taking a journey into our podcast archives to a conversation with Dan Rothstein, Luz Santana, and Sarah Westbrook from The Right Question Institute to discuss how the QFT works and what we can do to cultivate curiosity through questioning.

John Esterle joins us in this rerun episode to explore ways a foundation can incorporate elements of trust-based philanthropy within its giving strategy.Episode Highlights:John's journey in philanthropy.The evolution, steps, and key components of trust-based philanthropy.How foundations can incorporate trust-based philanthropy into their work.Building an ecosystem of trust between trustees, staff, and nonprofits.John Esterle Bio:John Esterle retired as Co-Executive Director of The Whitman Institute (TWI) in July 2022 when TWI, an independent foundation based in San Francisco, spent out all of its assets and ceased operations. TWI worked to advance social, political, and economic equity by funding dialogue, relationship building, and inclusive leadership. TWI also led in launching the Trust-Based Philanthropy Project in 2020, a five-year collaborative initiative to address the inherent power imbalances between foundations and nonprofits. John began his career at TWI in 1988 and became its Executive Director in 1998. He later led its transition from an operating to a grantmaking foundation and its decision to sunset the foundation. A past board president of Philanthropy for Active Civic Engagement and the Rooftop PTA, he also served on The Germanacos Foundation, LeaderSpring, and Images and Voices of Hope boards. Currently, John is a board member of The Right Question Institute. Before joining TWI, his most notable job was directing a pilot project called Crime and the News Media, which featured a series of dialogues between journalists and advocates of alternatives to incarceration. John received his B.A. in Liberal Arts from the Hutchins School of Interdisciplinary Studies at Sonoma State University and an M.A. in Broadcast Communication Arts from San Francisco State University.Links:The Whitman Institute https://thewhitmaninstitute.org/The Center for Effective Philanthropy https://cep.org/Trust-Based Philanthropy Project https://www.trustbasedphilanthropy.org/Free Resources for Donors: https://www.doyourgood.com/funders If you enjoyed this episode, listen to these as well:https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/153-an-amazing-twist-on-donor-advised-funds-with/id1556900518?i=1000633823278 https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/178-put-your-best-foot-forward-in-support-of-latino/id1556900518?i=1000654650217 https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/180-achieving-a-just-transition-to-a/id1556900518?i=1000656118660 Crack the Code: Sybil's Successful Guide to PhilanthropyBecome even better at what you do as Sybil teaches you the strategies and tools you'll need to avoid mistakes and make a career out of philanthropy.Sybil offers resources including free mini-course videos, templates, checklists, and words of advice summarized in easy to review pdfs. Check out Sybil's website with all the latest opportunities to learn from Sybil at https://www.doyourgood.comConnect with Do Your Goodhttps://www.facebook.com/doyourgoodhttps://www.instagram.com/doyourgoodWould you like to talk with Sybil directly?Send in your inquiries through her website https://www.doyourgood.com/ or you can email her directly at sybil@doyourgood.com.

Questions come naturally to young children: Why is the sky blue? Where do butterflies go in winter? As they grow older, students need invitations to cultivate curiosity and teachers who are able to teach the skill of questioning. The Question Formulation Technique builds this lifelong learning skill, teaching students how to ask their own questions. In this episode, we're joined by Dan Rothstein, Luz Santana, and Sarah Westbrook from The Right Question Institute to discuss how the QFT works and what we can do to cultivate curiosity through questioning.

John Esterle is recently retired as the Co-Executive Director at The Whitman Institute, an independent foundation in San Francisco with a mission to advance equity through funding dialogue, relationship-building, and inclusive leadership. He is also the co-founder of Trust-Based Philanthropy. John explains the steps of trust-based philanthropy, and how a foundation can incorporate elements of the concepts within their own giving strategy.Episode Highlights:John's personal journey in philanthropy.The evolution of trust-based philanthropy.The steps and key components of trust-based philanthropy.How foundations can incorporate the concepts of trust-based philanthropy into their work.Building an ecosystem of trust between trustees,staff, and nonprofitsJohn Esterle Bio:John Esterle retired as Co-Executive Director of The Whitman Institute (TWI) in July 2022 when TWI, an independent foundation based in San Francisco, spent out all of its assets and ceased operations. TWI worked to advance social, political, and economic equity by funding dialogue, relationship building, and inclusive leadership. TWI also played a leading role in launching the Trust-Based Philanthropy Project in 2020, a five-year collaborative initiative to address the inherent power imbalances between foundations and nonprofits. John began his career at TWI in 1988 and became its Executive Director in 1998. He later led its transition from an operating to a grantmaking foundation as well as its decision to sunset the foundation. A past board president of Philanthropy for Active Civic Engagement and the Rooftop PTA, he also served on the boards of The Germanacos Foundation, LeaderSpring, and Images and Voices of Hope. Currently, John is a board member of The Right Question Institute. Prior to joining TWI, his most notable job was directing a pilot project called Crime and the News Media, which featured a series of dialogues between journalists and advocates of alternatives to incarceration. John received my B.A. in Liberal Arts from the Hutchins School of Interdisciplinary Studies at Sonoma State University and my M.A. in Broadcast Communication Arts from San Francisco State University.Links:The Whitman Institute The Whitman Institute – Championing Trust-Based PhilanthropyThe Center For Effective Philanthropy Home-CEP - The Center for Effective PhilanthropyTrust-Based Philanthropy Project Trust-Based Philanthropy (trustbasedphilanthropy.org)If you enjoyed this episode, listen to these as well:https://www.doyourgood.com/blog/52-sybil-speakshttps://www.doyourgood.com/blog/82-Mallory-Ericksonhttps://www.doyourgood.com/blog/94-sabrina-walker-hernandez Crack the Code: Sybil's Successful Guide to Philanthropy Become even better at what you do as Sybil teaches you the strategies as well as the tools you'll need to avoid mistakes and make a career out of philanthropy through my new course, Crack the Code!In this new course you'll gain access to beautifully animated and engaging videos, along with many other resources. Link for the waitlist for the Philanthropy Accelerator https://www.doyourgood.com/Philanthropy-Accelerator-Mastermind-Waitlist Link to the nonprofit email sign-up to connect https://www.doyourgood.com/ticket-to-fundraising Check out her website with all the latest opportunities to learn from Sybil at www.doyourgood.com Connect with Do Your Goodhttps://www.facebook.com/doyourgood https://www.instagram.com/doyourgood Would you like to talk with Sybil directly? Send in your inquiries through her website https://www.doyourgood.com/ or you can email her directly at sybil@doyourgood.com!

The Right Question Institute (RQI), works to build a more just and equitable democracy by strengthening people's ability to ask questions and participate in decisions that affect them. As RQI puts it, “When people of all ages learn to ask the right questions, it leads to feeling a new sense of agency, confidence & power.” Naomi Campbell directs RQI's Legal Empowerment program, leading RQI's efforts to promote the adoption of the Right Question Strategy in legal practice settings serving low-income communities. The work is aimed at offering a simple way to integrate capacity-building into practice at the micro-level, as part of a systemic change strategy at the macro-level. That sounded to me like a serious curiosity practice in service of community transformation and I wanted to know more. Learn more about about The Right Question Institute: https://rightquestion.org Read Jamie Jirout's research on children's questions and problem solving: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/15248372.2020.1832492 Take a look at this excellent coverage from The Guardian of work by Sendhil Mullainathan and Eldar Shafir on scarcity. Their work is not focused on curiosity specifically, but it certainly resonates! https://www.theguardian.com/books/2013/aug/23/scarcity-sendhil-mullainathan-eldar-shafir Our theme music is by Sean Balick. “Faster Faster Brighter" by Ray Catcher, via Blue Dot Sessions.

I can't believe it's taken me SO long to share this conversation with the Amazing Elise Foster. Elise is a powerful coach, an accomplished author, and a friend. She's the co-author of The Multiplier Effect with Liz Wiseman and Beautiful Questions in the Classroom with Warren Berger (who's written several bestselling books on powerful questions). She was a thinking partner for me when I was in the early stages of writing my second book, and I was shocked and honored when she decided to come to my Facilitation Masterclass and even more shocked and honored when she actually got something out of it - proving that it really is more about what they practice and the container I create than what I teach! I'm also honored that she's been a great member of the Conversation Factory Insiders' group - we started 2 years ago with alums of the masterclass meeting monthly for experiments and intentional practice, and 2 years and 22 sessions later, we've all learned a tremendous amount about leading groups online. Elise was kind enough to lead a session for the community on the QFT, a Question Formulation Technique from the Right Question Institute which has shifted how I think about Powerful Questions and how I coach teams on them, too. In this conversation, I wanted Elise to unpack not just some of her favorite “Eye Opener” warmup exercises to help get teams to think differently, but also how she thinks about bringing them into sessions with teams, and why they matter. Lots of folks talk about icebreakers - and they can be helpful to help us connect to each other from afar…but they are such a broad class of activities - they can include games like “Two truths and lie” which are just about connecting people as humans or “three things”, a classic improv game which helps folks just warm up their brains. Priya Parker asks folks to check into the chat with where they are and what actual substance is beneath their feet, to help ground and connect us. Eye-openers are both about what we do, as leaders and coaches of people in the moment, in order to create an experience for people…and eye-openers are also about how we help people reflect and unpack that experience and how to connect it to a larger idea about transformation and development. Elise kicks our conversation off by talking about the “Hand Clasping Game”, a classic exercise that you can try now since we talk about it, but don't give it enough time to “breathe” in the conversation. Just clasp your hands together naturally. Of course, this assumes you have two hands. If this doesn't apply to you, I hope you can imagine the process. Now, unclasp your hands and “reclasp them” but shift hands - whatever hand was “pinky out” let the other hand be the “pinky out” hand. Elise calls this “reversing the weave” of your hands. What do you feel? Discomfort. Oddness. Weirdness. That is a raw, visceral experience. Now, the magic happens when Elise unpacks this experience, and applies it to the context she works in - Leadership Transformation.  Having a toolbox or a mental “file” of these exercises can be great…in fact, I have a whole online course about them. But as Elise and I discuss, having the wherewithal to bring one of these out in a session also takes some guts and some faith. You take some trust the team has in you and burn it…risk it on an edgy experience…and hopefully you earn that trust back, with dividends, at the end of the unpacking. Also worth noting is that this is the second episode on the theme of “An experience is worth a thousand slides” when it comes to coaching executive mindset shifts... The first conversation was with Jeff Gothelf, most notably the co-author of Lean UX, where we talked about the Vase and Flowers exercise, another powerful eye-opener that I love very much. This episode is short and sweet, so without further delay, enjoy the conversation as much as I did. Head over to theconversationfactory.com/listen for full episode transcripts, links, show notes, and more key quotes and ideas. You can also head over there and become a monthly supporter of the show for as little as $8 a month. You'll get complimentary access to exclusive workshops and resources that I only share with this circle of facilitators and leaders. Also: I use and love REV for the accurate transcripts they make for me...it makes making my podcast notes and essays more meaningful and insightful. I love reading the transcript and listening to the session at the same time….it really gets the conversation into my brain! I also use the automated transcription feature for my coaching clients to help them get maximum value from our sessions. Head over to http://bit.ly/tryrev10off to get $10 off your first order. In full transparency, that's an affiliate link, so I'll get $10 too!

Asking the right question in an #ESL class - Learning Begins with Curiosity - ESL teacher training. The English Language Institute (#ELI) at the College of Staten Island/The City University of New York (#CUNY) presents a short lecture about asking the right question in an #English class, by CUNY teacher, Ms. Erika Heppner. ESL teachers can suggest their students to register in our ESL program in New York City: https://www.csi.cuny.edu/campus-life/student-services/center-global-engagement/english-language-institute / elistudy@csi.cuny.edu. CLASS DESCRIPTION — LEARNING BEGINS WITH CURIOSITY The objective of this class presentation is to introduce ESL teachers to the Right Question Institute at #Harvard University and to provide a brief explanation of the Question Forming Technique (#QFT). Using the QFT encourages students to ask their own questions. In this way, students figure out what they want to know. Instead of always being asked the question, they learn that they can also ask and they learn how to ask. The QFT is a group experience that helps students to better comprehend and understand what they are learning. It encourages curiosity, which in turn makes students active learners. The webinar will be organized like this: Part 1: Introduce the importance of encouraging students to ask questions—Open-Ended and Close-Ended Questions. Part 2: Review what viewers will learn during webinar: a) QFT: Rules for Producing Questions b) Steps in Using QFT in an ESL Classroom c) Links to QFT resources on the Right Question Institute's Website CUNY presenter: Erika Heppner Erika Heppner is a full-time lecturer in the Humanities Department at LaGuardia Community College/CUNY where she teaches courses in public speaking, speech communication for non-native speakers of English and intercultural communication. Prior to her tenure at LaGuardia, she taught ESL in the Loyola Intensive English Program at Loyola University in New Orleans and from 2010-2011 served as its director. Ms. Heppner has over 25 years of classroom teaching experience and has also taught English and video production in Spain, the Czech Republic, Mexico and England. Ms. Heppner earned a Master of Arts in English Teaching and a Master of Fines Arts in Drama and Communication, both from the University of New Orleans. She is an avid cyclist who enjoys traveling and adventure. She has recently planted a vegetable garden in her backyard where she struggles with hornworms and other unwelcomed insects.

Conversation with Dan Rothstein on teaching students the skill and fostering the confidence for asking more meaningful questions across all disciplines. My own sense is that the process Dan describes (QFT) is a prerequisite for teaching students to design the most effective searches on the web. Dan is the co-author with Luz Santana of "Make Just One Change: Teach Students to Ask Their Own Questions" and also the co-director of the Right Question Institute - https://rightquestion.org. The post Interview with Dan Rothstein: The Most Important Change – Students Asking Meaningful Questions appeared first on November Learning.

Drew Perkins talks with Sarah Westbrook of the Right Question Institute and author Warren Berger as part of a Zoom discussion about inquiry teaching and learning in uncertain times. This discussion included almost 500 participants adding their comment and questions in the chat section. This is the archived audio, to view the video and review chat notes please visit wegrowteachers.com/covidresources. Links & Resources Mentioned In This Episode: rightquestion.org warrenberger.com archived video and chat notes at wegrowteachers.com/covidresources  

Annika shares with us all about the Question Formulation Technique (QFT) create by the Right Question Institute. She walks us through the why and how and then shows us how it can be strategically used with NGSS to become even more engaging and effective. Including how to intentionally use the cross-cutting concepts. Lots of practical inspiring strategies shared here. All links and resources mentioned can be found in the shownotes at  www.ngsnavigators.com/blog/063 for links to resources.  Join our Facebook Group  and let us know what  you think of this episode. And remember, you're phenomenal!

Annika shares with us all about the Question Formulation Technique (QFT) create by the Right Question Institute. She walks us through the why and how and then shows us how it can be strategically used with NGSS to become even more engaging and effective. Including how to intentionally use the cross-cutting concepts. Lots of practical inspiring strategies shared here. All links and resources mentioned can be found in the shownotes at  www.ngsnavigators.com/blog/063 for links to resources.  Join our Facebook Group  and let us know what  you think of this episode. And remember, you’re phenomenal!

In this episode we spend just a little more focused time unpacking the Question Formulation technique, exploring why it's useful. As you'll hear Luz say in the episode, QFT “offers a little more joy in a demanding profession” and she quotes journalist Clive Thompson when he says “How should you respond when you get powerful new tools for finding answers? Think of harder questions”. The Harvard Education publishing group says…. [The] Right Question Institute have developed [a technique] called the Question Formulation Technique (QFT). This technique helps students learn how to produce their own questions, improve them, and strategize on how to use them. In the classroom, teachers have seen how the same process manages to develop students' divergent (brainstorming), convergent (categorizing and prioritizing), and metacognitive (reflective) thinking abilities in a very short period of time. **For more information visit Right Question Institute Run Time: 16 min, 46 sec To find the full transcript for this episode, click HERE

Captured during Fall Semester, Inspired Teaching Day, the DEST team brought in some amazing facilitators to take us through the process of The Question Formulation Technique.  Luz Santana, the co-director of Right Question Institute and Andrew Minigan director of strategy for the Education Program of The Question Formulation Technique all the way from Boston. They introduce us to the process and emphasize why there is such an importance to asking questions, especially good ones. You can even follow along with the exercises at home! The Harvard Education publishing group says…. [The] Right Question Institute have developed [a technique] called the Question Formulation Technique (QFT). This technique helps students learn how to produce their own questions, improve them, and strategize on how to use them. In the classroom, teachers have seen how the same process manages to develop students' divergent (brainstorming), convergent (categorizing and prioritizing), and metacognitive (reflective) thinking abilities in a very short period of time. Typically, questions are seen as the province of teachers, who spend years figuring out how to craft questions and fine-tune them to stimulate students' curiosity or engage them more effectively. We have found that teaching students to ask their own questions can accomplish these same goals while teaching a critical lifelong skill. The Right Question Institute (RQI) [rightquestion.org] began its work with a dropout prevention program in Lawrence, Massachusetts, funded by the Annie E. Casey Foundation, when parents told [them] they were not participating in their children's education because they “don't even know what to ask.”…Parents had identified an obstacle that prevents many people from learning, from thinking for themselves, from doing their own problem solving, and from becoming more self-sufficient. **For more information visit Right Question Institute Run Time: 22 min, 51 sec To find the full transcript for this episode, click HERE

What questions should you be asking to get the information you need when you communicate with your child’s teacher? Are certain questions “better” than others? We turn to Luz Santana, co-director of the Right Question Institute to learn how to prepare questions that will produce meaningful and helpful answers. She shares how parents can go beyond the typical, “How is my child doing?” to spark more in-depth conversations. We also get her advice on common issues families have and how asking the right questions can improve these situations.

Parent-teacher conferences can support student learning is a few key bases are covered. Join us as our guest offer proven best practices. @larryferlazzo @LSkae @luzsantana20 @TaraCDale @Bamradionetwork Leticia Skae is an ELA teacher in middle TN; she has 13 years experience in the field. She's been a literacy coach as well and getting her PhD in Literacy Studies at MTSU. Luz Santana is co-director Right Question Institute, Cambridge MA and author of two books. Tara Dale is a science teacher at Desert Ridge High School.

Sun Ezzell, a member of the DEST team and a facilitator of the Inspired Teaching Day as well as the facilitator of the breakout session you are about to hear captured on Inspired Teaching Day takes us through a Question Formulation Technique.  The Harvard Education publishing group says…. [The] Right Question Institute have developed [a technique] called the Question Formulation Technique (QFT). This technique helps students learn how to produce their own questions, improve them, and strategize on how to use them. In the classroom, teachers have seen how the same process manages to develop students' divergent (brainstorming), convergent (categorizing and prioritizing), and metacognitive (reflective) thinking abilities in a very short period of time. Typically, questions are seen as the province of teachers, who spend years figuring out how to craft questions and fine-tune them to stimulate students' curiosity or engage them more effectively. We have found that teaching students to ask their own questions can accomplish these same goals while teaching a critical lifelong skill. The Right Question Institute (RQI) [rightquestion.org] began its work with a dropout prevention program in Lawrence, Massachusetts, funded by the Annie E. Casey Foundation, when parents told [them] they were not participating in their children's education because they “don't even know what to ask.”…Parents had identified an obstacle that prevents many people from learning, from thinking for themselves, from doing their own problem solving, and from becoming more self-sufficient. So here is a peak at what that technique looks like in action. Enjoy! Run Time: 19 min, 01 sec. To find the full transcript for this episode, click HERE

The Right Question Institute has pioneered an elegant and deceptively simple way to generate more and better questions, no matter who you are or what your circumstances. Andrew Minigan, PhD, Director of Strategy for RQI's Education Program, joins me to explain. Theme and other music by Sean Balick. Join us again next time when Mike Morales and I explore curiosity as a gateway to connection.

What could be more basic than curiosity about sex? And yet the topic makes lots of us squeamish. C2BC intern Caroline Kish sits down with Jacomina de Regt, sexuality education facilitator, to celebrate two basics of human nature: curiosity and sexuality. Join us next time for a visit with the Right Question Institute.

Calling this intro to inquiry was essential as a lesson on inquiry could be a week long class and we only have 10 minutes. On this episode we will share some great entry-level ways to affirm or add to what you already do in your class with inquiry. Inquiry, in short, is asking questions. This is the most simplified definition. It is not new, rather, its newly being emphasized in the C3 Framework in Social Studies and the NGSS in science. We've noticed with the accessibility of information at the fingers of the students we teach, their desire to inquire has diminished. As naturally curious people access to information has increased are question asking, but this is a learned approach. As the Right Question Institute premises, "All students should be able to formulate their own question in a classroom." We are fully on board with this statement. As if additional rationale is necessary... Students who formulate their own questions are engaged and curious. There develops a further desire and interest in the content. This skill is not unique to class but rather a life skill. How do we get them there? Start low-floor. Model the questions for the students. Asking questions in class very intentionally to model this inquiry process. Verbalize the process aloud so they can see what these questions look like. The next step in this scaffolding is setting the "hook" for the questions. Luke's example: Hitler did some really bad stuff yet leaders are typically (should be) held by morally correct and ole model type of people. Hopefully this leads to the aha moment that these two phrases don't match. This modeling or setup helps them work on how to ask a question. If you think about it, when using google we seldom even ask a question, we type in key words and look for an answer. This can be developed through a discussion or prompting surrounding the level of questioning. Levels of Questioning Examples:Costa's Levels of QuestioningDepth of Knowledge Resources:Question Formulation Technique - Right Question InstituteSocial Stuidies Inquiry - http://C3Teachers.org

In this episode of the Project Based Awesome Podcast, Erin and Chris continue their series of episodes focused on the more traditional side of teaching in a Project Based Awesome style. In this episode they focus on the use of socratic circles and class discussions. They discuss the great things about using this technique, the ways they've done it or seen it done, and possible pitfalls, as well as offering some resources teachers can go to if their curious about using these techniques in their own classes. Enjoy Until next time...peace. Some things Erin and Chris discuss in this episode: Personal anecdotes (7:15) What's great about these techniques (14:30) How we have used it or seen it used (27:15) Possible pitfalls with using these techniques (42:07) Resources (51:28) Listen, rate us, and Subscribe on iTunes. Websites: www.projectbasedawesome.com Resources: Class discussion backchannel: http://www.teachhub.com/technology-classroom-alternatives-todays-meet https://www.edutopia.org/blog/rethinking-whole-class-discussion-todd-finley http://edtheory.blogspot.com/2012/10/going-around-in-questioning-circles.html Right Question Institute: could the Question Formulation Technique be a good fit for generating student questions prior to a discussion? www.rightquestion.org Find us on Twitter: Erin Dickey: www.twitter.com/ogybuns Chris Butler: www.twitter.com/techteachtravel Music credits: Song: Two Men From New Jersey Artist: We Is Shore Dedicated Site: www.freemusicarchive.org Some of the links in the above post are Amazon Affiliate links, meaning that we may receive a small percentage of any purchases you make, at no additional cost to you.

Today’s guest is former New York Times journalist Warren Berger, the author of the provocative book, “A More Beautiful Question: The Power of Inquiry to Spark Breakthrough Ideas.” Explore with us the power behind one of the most underappreciated tools –...

This week I have a chat with Erin Dickey a High School English Teacher an co-producer of the Project-Based Awesome podcast. A great conversation on how she runs her entire English and Social Studies classes on a PBL model. Links:  Erin Dickey Twitter: https://twitter.com/ogybuns Podcast: https://www.projectbasedawesome.com/ Student Project: https://kevinpeurrung.wixsite.com/israelandpalestine Right Question Institute: http://rightquestion.org/ Canva: http://www.canva.com Sway: https://sway.com/ Adobe Spark: http://spark.adobe.com 1to1 Podcast recording times....SIGN UP TODAY! http://www.sospodcast.org/1to1  

Co-teaching can be very effective when done well. Our guest reviews the most effective models for planning and managing a co-teaching scenario. Follow: @mattwachel @ASCD @bamradionetwork Cathy Beck is currently the Assistant Superintendent in Summit County, CO (Breckenridge). She is the author of Easy and Effective Professional Development. Kathleen Neagle Sokolowski is an elementary teacher in Farmingdale, New York. She is a co-author of the Two Writing Teachers blog and the co-director of the Long Island Writing Project. Co-Director of the Right Question Institute and Co-author of Make Just One Change: Teach Students to Ask Their Own Questions, Dan Rothstein has been working the past five years with thousands of teachers.

Most experienced educators have seen many teaching ideas come and go. Why do some education ideas soar and stick while others fall flat? Follow:@larryferlazzo @MrsSokolowski @RothsteinDan @cathypetreebeck @Bamradionetwork Cathy Beck is currently the Assistant Superintendent in Summit County, CO (Breckenridge). She is the author of Easy and Effective Professional Development. Kathleen Neagle Sokolowski is an elementary teacher in Farmingdale, New York. She is a co-author of the Two Writing Teachers blog and the co-director of the Long Island Writing Project. Co-Director of the Right Question Institute and Co-author of Make Just One Change: Teach Students to Ask Their Own Questions, Dan Rothstein has been working the past five years with thousands of teachers.

Join us as we talk with the authors of a new book about leveraging questions in powerful ways to engage parents in problem-solving. Follow: @runnin26 @RightQuestion @ASCD @bamradionetwork Dan Rothstein, Luz Santana, and Agnes Bain are the authors of Partnering with Parents to Ask the Right Questions: A Powerful Strategy for Strengthening School-Family Partnerships (ASCD). Our guests are the founders of the Right Question Institute, a non-profit organization in Cambridge, MA focusing on education, healthcare, parent involvement, voter engagement and microdemocracy. Rachael George is the principal of Sandy Grade School in the Oregon Trail School District and an ASCD Emerging Leader.

Drew Perkins discusses the Question Formulation Technique with the Co-Director of the Right Question Institute, Dan Rothstein. Visit our Inquiry Services page learn more about our Inquiry Workshop focused on the QFT.

QUESTION-ASKING AS A TRANSFORMATIONAL SKILL Great Books Foundation presents Dr. Dan Rothstein, co-director of "The Right Question Institute, an education group which tackles key challenges in Education like poverty and inequality and promotes democracy. Dan is also the co-author of  Harvard Education Press' "Make Just One Change;Teach students to ask the right question"

The Question Formulation Technique (QFT) is a strategy developed by the The Right Question Institute to empower students to ask their own questions. Listen to this week's podcast as Dr. Bravo, Dan Rothstein (Director of and co-author of Make Just One Change: Teach Students to Ask Their Own Questions), and Lavada Berger (Co-Director of, The Right Question Institute) share strategies for going deeper into this technique. Opening and closing music, da Bob Groove, composed by Martijn de Boer (NiGiD), featuring Admiral Bob.