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Land Art: Bringing Quests to Life
This fall at Quest Forward Academy Santa Rosa, Exploration Phase students have spent the bulk of their English and Social Science classes exploring themes related to the natural world. These classes included a diverse array of topics,... Read More
Course Overview: American Government
This Transition Phase (grade 12) course offers a survey of the main documents, political structures, ideas, and institutions that form and shape the American government. Students engage actively with the US Constitution, landmark... Read More
Get to Know: Katie Cameron, Publication Reviewer
Katie Cameron joined the Global Quest Review Team at its inception in 2017. The Team mainly handles the Publication Review process that all quests go through as a part of the Quest Forward Learning curriculum. As a veteran member of... Read More
What We’ve Learned So Far
While Opportunity Education has been developing Quest Forward Learning for over 4 years, it has been only slightly more than 2 years since the model was deployed on a whole-school basis in Tanzania, and just under 2 years since it was... Read More
Tanzanian Schools Look to the Future
When Quest Forward Learning schools in Tanzania began writing courses, or quests, at the beginning of 2016, everything around the idea of this new curriculum was very abstract. The dream was made real by January 2017, when we... Read More
Anatomy of a Course: Finding Your Voice
While students gain rich educational experiences through the Quest Forward Learning curriculum, a serendipitous effect of our course designs is that the skills they incorporate can serve as springboards for broader, more experiential... Read More
Custom Quests: Designed by Tanzanians, for Tanzanians
Question: Who designs quests in Tanzania? Answer: Teachers from different secondary schools in Tanzania. All Tanzania quests are designed in Tanzania by Tanzanians, based on our educational system and the physical environment, for... Read More
Adventures in Artifacts: Building to Learn
For most people, the term “artifacts” may conjure images from the Indiana Jones movies. But artifacts are part of everyday life for Quest Forward Learning students. They are the products students create while completing quests.... Read More