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The Skills We Say We Value — and How Rarely We Actually Teach Them
Life is complicated, unpredictable, and sometimes messy — beautiful too, if you slow down enough to notice. Navigating that mess without a script is a skill in itself. I've spent decades asking some version of the same question: Are... Read More
The Skills High School Students Need
The skills students develop through Quest Forward Learning — learning skills, work skills, and essential habits — can benefit them for the rest of their lives.... Read More
Make Magic Happen with Hexagonal Thinking
The deep sighs and collective groans of “not again” from the seniors in my English classes felt like an urgent plea for change. They were eager for fresh activities and strategies to spice up their learning experience. Admittedly,... Read More
Teacher Spotlight: Catherine Dempsey
Quest Forward High Schools (QFHS) use Opportunity Education’s Quest Forward Learning to empower teachers with tools and resources that encourage students to engage deeply in their learning and take ownership of their growth and... Read More
10 Strategies for Developing Work Skills
In my last post, I described four essential work skills to help your students work smartly, efficiently and successfully. Those skills are: Focus Plan Make an Effort Document Today I’m going to focus on... Read More
4 Work Skills Your Students Need To Succeed
Today we’re going to focus on four work skills that will help your students work smartly, efficiently, and successfully. These skills emphasize executive functioning and are essential for students to succeed in school, career, and... Read More
Get to know the Learning Skills that help students COMMUNICATE
At last, we arrive at our final category of Learning Skills: Communicate! Check out the first 3 if you haven’t already seen them: Explore, Analyze, and Reason. Communicate includes the following Learning Skills: ... Read More
Get to know the Learning Skills that help students REASON
In our last two posts we focused on strategies and activities to help students build skills as they Explore and Analyze. In this post we focus on a third category of skills, Reason, which includes the following Learning... Read More