Featured Publications

The Right Question Institute contributes to thought leadership and research in fields such as student-centered learning, inquiry and curiosity, educational reform, school-family partnerships, health care, social services, innovation, and democratic action. Here are our two books, plus a sampling of publications related to RQI’s work.

Books

Make Just One Change: Teach Students to Ask Their Own Questions

It’s been translated into six languages, has been a top-selling pedagogical book in Japan, and remains one of Harvard Education Press’s all-time best sellers. Make Just One Change: Teach Students to Ask Their Own Questions introduced the world of education to the Question Formulation Technique, which has now spread to more than a million classrooms in over 160 countries.

By Dan Rothstein and Luz Santana, January 1, 2011, Harvard Education Press.

Partnering with Parents to Ask the Right Questions

Partnering with Parents to Ask the Right Questions maps a refreshingly simple approach to parent engagement — one that revitalizes communication, trust, and partnership between schools and families through parents’ questions. Educators learn a strategy to work with parents so they can better support, monitor, and advocate for children and schools.

By Luz Santana, Dan Rothstein and Agnes Bain, January 1, 2018, ASCD.

Featured Publications

Teaching Students to Ask Their Own Questions

Students “take greater ownership of their learning, deepen comprehension, and make new connections and discoveries on their own” through asking questions.

By Dan Rothstein and Luz Santana, September 1, 2011, Harvard Education Letter.

A Pathway Out of Poverty for Students in Low-Income Communities: Learning to Ask Questions

“If we believe there is a connection between academic success and ending poverty then we should invest in the potential of all students to learn to ask their own questions and to think for themselves.”