One Good Question - by Rhonda Broussard (Paperback)

About the Book

"HOW TO ASK CHALLENGING QUESTIONS THAT LEAD YOU TO REAL SOLUTIONS. Have you ever reached the end of a project and realized that you were solving the wrong question? Based on a blog interview series, Rhonda Broussard - an expert in pedagogy, international education, and racial equity - uses conversations with education leaders from eleven countries to try to answer her one good question. A question that she couldn't answer on her own, a question that could inspire different truths based on context, a question that could bring clarity in complexity. This book provides ample fodder for how you might define your own one good question. What Broussard finds along the way is even more valuable: these conversations led to more provoca-tions than answers. Her intense curiosity coincided with the launch of the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals and introduced Broussard to a global vision for education by the year 2030. This book contemplates questions like Who should really go to college? What voice should parents have in their children's education? How is the economy limiting education access worldwide? One Good Question gives new ways of thinking about the education problems we face today and how they connect us across the globe. YOU'LL HEAR ABOUT HOW: Let youth lead from a social entrepreneur who stepped aside to do just that; What urban school communities could be learning from their rural counterpart, and How multi-country partnerships position local experts to lead"--

Book Synopsis

HOW TO ASK CHALLENGING QUESTIONS THAT LEAD YOU TO REAL SOLUTIONS.

Have you ever reached the end of a project and realized that you were solving the wrong question? Based on a blog interview series, Rhonda Broussard - an expert in pedagogy, international education, and racial equity - uses conversations with education leaders from eleven countries to try to answer her one good question. A question that she couldn't answer on her own, a question that could inspire different truths based on context, a question that could bring clarity in complexity. This book provides ample fodder for how you might define your own one good question.

What Broussard finds along the way is even more valuable: these conversations led to more provocations than answers. Her intense curiosity coincided with the launch of the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals and introduced Broussard to a global vision for education by the year 2030. This book contemplates questions like Who should really go to college? What voice should parents have in their children's education? How is the economy limiting education access worldwide? One Good Question gives new ways of thinking about the education problems we face today and how they connect us across the globe.

YOU'LL HEAR ABOUT HOW

- Let youth lead from a social entrepreneur who stepped aside to do just that

- What urban school communities could be learning from their rural counterpart, and

- How multi-country partnerships position local experts to lead.

Review Quotes

"Posing good questions is essential to a meaningful life. Now is a good time for wondering-and working with others. This book demonstrates the

richness of thinking together...and turning more ideas into actions. I just want to rush out and begin."

- Bernardine Vester, Founder, Education Plus Auckland

"Visionary leaders approach knowledge with sharing, and often that sharing comes in the form of asking direct, simple, hard questions. One Good

Question leads with this principle, and Rhonda's leadership and voice is the guide we need for these times and conversations."

- Tre Johnson, Writer

One Good Question engages readers in a deep reflective trajectory by interacting with probing questions that lead readers to their own "one good question," reconnecting them with their core beliefs about inclusive and quality education for all students. Thank you, Rhonda, for guiding my own self-reflection so masterfully!

- Ofelia G. Wade, Utah Spanish Dual Language Immersion Director

"As Clayton Christensen often said, questions create spaces in the brain for solutions to fall into. In this delightful read, Rhonda Broussard pushes us all to ask and answer the right questions-not the convenient ones-to help society make progress."

- Michael B. Horn, author and co-founder of the Clayton Christensen Institute

"Whereas monolingualism is the illiteracy of the 21st century, equity is the foundation of the 21st century. Rhonda Broussard uniquely understands

both and her book masterfully weaves key concepts of sustainable development in education by asking experts what their One Good Question

is for a fair-minded education system of tomorrow!"

- Gregg Roberts, Director, Dual Language Studies, American Councils Research Center