Find us at NCSS 2025! We will have the following sessions below:
Friday, December 5th
“Democracy Depends on Everyone: Inclusive Inquiry with the QFT” [Poster]
Date: Friday, December 5, 2025
Time: 9:15am-11:05am
Location: Hall D
Speakers: Katy Connolly, Sara Evers, Ann Canning, Kelley Brown
“Music Matters: Investigate Music that Shaped History through Inquiry-Based Primary Source Learning”
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Date: Friday, December 5, 2025
Time: 12:00pm-12:55pm
Location: Room 209B
Speakers: Bert Snow (Music of Us), Katy Connolly (RQI), Sarah Westbrook (RQI)
Saturday, December 6th
“Home is where the history is: Facilitate authentic learning with place-based inquiry”
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Date: Saturday, December 6, 2025
Time: 10:50am-11:45am
Location: Room 204A
Speakers: Katy Connolly (RQI), Regina Holland
Description: Support students to connect deeply with their place. Discover a model for weaving together student inquiry, local primary source-based research, and community civics projects and leave ready to implement.
“It’s in the How: Exploring Big Questions of Democratic Education”
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Date: Saturday, December 6, 2025
Time: 4:00pm-4:55pm
Location: Room 209B
Speakers: Megan Campion (Harvard Graduate School of Education Professional Education), Sarah Westbrook (RQI)
Description: How can we work with people in a way that builds their sense of agency and capacity to be effective participants, advocates, and changemakers? Actively engage in an inquiry about three adult educators who established process and pedagogy, or how we teach, as essential to liberatory and democratic education.
Sunday, December 7th
“Supporting Student-Driven Inquiry with the QFT and Primary Sources”
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Date: Sunday, December 7, 2025
Time: 8:30am-10:15am
Location: TBD
Speakers: Maame Conduah (RQI), Katy Connolly (RQI), Sarah Westbrook (RQI)
Description: Discover how combining the Question Formulation Technique with Library of Congress primary sources will support student-driven inquiry. Collaborate with other educators using the QFT and experience its potential for yourself.