Right Question Institute

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The Right Question Institute makes it possible for all people to learn to ask better questions and participate more effectively in key decisions.

Hundreds of thousands of people across many fields are enthusiastically using RQI’s resources to help individuals develop their own ability to ask better questions and participate more effectively in decisions.

Facilitate student curiosity and engagement

Resources for Teaching + Learning

Build effective school-family partnerships

Resources for Schools + Families

Make it easier to identify decisions that affect us and to see the connections between decisions on different levels that have an impact on us each day

Resources for Voter Engagement

Microdemocracy communicates a simple vision: effective participation in a democracy can start when people begin to participate in decisions that affect them in their ordinary encounters with public or publicly funded institutions.

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Teaching Students to Ask Their Own Questions

A simple yet powerful strategy to teach students how to formulate their own questions. Learn the Question Formulation Technique today, facilitate the strategy tomorrow, and watch students become more curious, engaged learners.

Questioning, Advocating, and Participating in Democracy

Learn how asking questions and partnering in the decision making process can fundamentally change how individuals participate in democracy.

Why do you think we ask questions? So we can be curious about what we are learning and want to know more.

— Ayaka, 1st Grade Student, Novi, MI

Sometimes, I have a lot of questions, and this way I can express those without being judged… I get to learn a lot more.

— 8th Grade Student, Belfry Middle School, Belfry, KY

It helps me by getting me to think about questions on my own. Also, it gets my mind in motion to think about the questions other people make.

— 8th Grade Student, Gus Garcia Young Men's Leadership Academy, Austin, TX

[The QFT] makes me feel like I’m in control of my learning.

— 7th Grade Student, Ellington Middle School, Ellington, CT

I do think that the QFT process did open up students to be inquisitive, reflective thinkers, and these characteristics permeated into how students approached learning in any content area or aspect of school.

— Robert Welch, Instructional Coach for New Teachers, Academy for Urban School Leadership, Chicago, IL

Over 300,000 educators around the world have used the Question Formulation Technique, and the Right Question Institute and its strategies have appeared in the New York Times, The Boston Globe, The Atlantic, Education Week, and many other publications. See RQI in the Press