In our March newsletter: Opportunities to learn with Harvard and National Geographic, "innovative practices for systems transformation," and a conversation with parents about voting.
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Julia Sosa shared the Right Question Institute’s “Why Vote?” Tool with parents in Los Angeles. Here, she discusses how she used the tool and what it meant to parents in her community.
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.
The Right Question Institute’s “Why Vote?” Tool helped tutors and adult learners in Literacy Works’ network have authentic conversations about the value of voting. They discussed “big issues on their own terms.”
In January's newsletter, a kindergarten teacher in Georgia discusses how to use the Question Formulation Technique with young learners, and we explore some resources for teaching difficult current events.
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.