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Building a Course: The Skills Framework

OE refers to the Quest Forward Learning curriculum as “skills-forward." In this blog, you can learn more about what that means, how it's applied, and what we hope students gain from this curriculum approach. ... Read More

Meet Ed Vogel: Building Community with Words

As a new mentor this year at Quest Forward Academy Omaha, Ed Vogel is particularly attuned to how words empower students to communicate ideas and enable mentors to facilitate discussion. ... Read More

The Power of Mindset

Quest Forward Learning encourages two mindsets: growth mindset and outward mindset, and students use these while learning, developing skills, fostering relationships, achieving in school, and succeeding in other areas of life. ... Read More

Learning in Action: The Advantages of a Skills-Forward Curriculum

In order to create proactive and effective community members, Quest Forward Learning has developed a Skills-Forward curriculum which makes the content empowering, relevant, and flexible for students to put their knowledge into action. ... Read More

Tanzanian Quest Forward Schools are Supporting Student Growth

Students at Tanzania Quest Forward Schools are showing remarkable growth in their confidence, independence, and mindsets, because they have the opportunity to engage with the academic material like never before. ... Read More

Quest Walkthrough: Ecosystem Components

Learn more from Lenore Myka about how quest designers create and develop their content to relate it to Quest Forward students real life experiences, previous knowledge, and future applications. ... Read More

One Year Later, One Year Wiser

Fast-forward one year, the Quest Forward Academies are showing what can be accomplished with a full implementation of the Quest Forward curriculum, platform, and methodology. ... Read More

The Elements of Good Game Design Behind Quest Forward Learning

Quest Forward Learning and the Quest! app are focused on engaging students with choice, relevant materials, and a range of subtle design elements drawn from game design. Learn more about we thought about game play when designing the... Read More