Teaching + Learning

Betsy Smith brings more than 30 years of experience as a nonprofit director and educator and will take over executive leadership from Dan Rothstein and Luz Santana, who will remain at RQI as co-directors of the institute’s Democracy-Building Program.

Our April newsletter includes a lesson idea from a calculus teacher and a new video that features LA students asking questions about an 1899 editorial cartoon.

In our March newsletter: Opportunities to learn with Harvard and National Geographic, "innovative practices for systems transformation," and a conversation with parents about voting.

In February's newsletter we share resources for Black History Month and share a story about working with adult learner around the issue of voting.

Providing space for students to ask their own questions can be a productive way for them to grapple with troubling current events, such as the deadly violence that took place at the U.S. Capitol on January 6. RQI's Sarah Westbrook offers some advice and shares resources.