The June newsletter includes a story about young students in a robotics camp "becoming heroes in their own stories" and a link to watch a recording of June's Legal Empowerment webinar.
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RQI's Dan Rothsten, Luz Santana, and Sarah Westbrook joined the Teaching Today podcast at Teachers College, Columbia University, to discuss the importance of building student's ability to ask questions, the origins of the QFT, and the beautiful messiness of learning.
In this newsletter, read about early learners in Alabama using the QFT as well as a podcast featuring Luz Santana, Dan Rothstein, and Luz Santana. You can also register for our upcoming webinar in June and our online Harvard Course.
In this newsletter, read about a summer enrichment program in Birmingham, Alabama using the QFT. You can also read about a non-profiting Atlanta using the QFT with formerly incarcerated people as they transition back to their communities.
Two researchers in Birmingham, Alabama, explored what happens when early learners in a summer enrichment program used the Question Formulation Technique. They found significant gains in pre-literacy skills.
James Richardson, Jr., executive director of Atlanta's 4Horsemen Rehabilitation Services, talked with the Right Question Institute about the challenges facing formerly incarcerated people who are trying to reenter society and how building their ability to ask questions and advocate for themselves can make a big difference.