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June 30, 2020
5 Family Commitments for Distance Learning
After several months of distance learning, it's clear that most students managed it, but the results weren't great in most schools. With coronavirus infections rising again around the country, more distance learning is likely for many... Read More
June 29, 2020
3 Superpowers Every High School Student Needs
If your high school student is like most across the US this past spring, they might have been bored and frustrated. There are three “superpowers” every high school student needs to learn and grow in our complicated world.... Read More
May 21, 2020
Gratitude from Students at Quest Forward Academy Santa Rosa
The coronavirus time continues to be deeply challenging, bringing job loss and economic hardship, mental and physical health challenges, and major disruption in how we live our daily lives. All the more reason to smile when you see... Read More
May 19, 2020
Seamless Learning in the Time of Covid-19
Take a moment and consider this question: why are so many schools not working “normally”? Why has learning been so disrupted that student progress and growth has slowed since March, and that most students won’t manage the next... Read More
May 14, 2020
The End of Grades: A Better Approach for Assessing Student Work
In the COVID-19 era, most school districts are struggling with grading policies, colleges are dropping testing requirements, and students have the option to switch to pass/fail results instead of letter grades. With all this, it's... Read More
May 12, 2020
More In-Depth Work Means Better Learning Performance
One of the unique features of Quest Forward Learning is our approach to assessment of a student' learning performance. Rather than having a small number of high stakes exams drive everything, we instead have a large number of low... Read More
May 6, 2020
Why Being Curious Is Essential
Quest Forward Learning is intentionally designed to encourage and support students in being curious through activities such as the habits program and curriculum, quest-based curricula, projects and electives, the design of Quest... Read More
April 30, 2020
Quest Forward Academy Santa Rosa Students Win Big
Before switching to distance learning, Quest Forward Academy Santa Rosa students kicked off the year 2020 strong by earning big at a number of Math and Science events that they attended. Student-Driven Success At the beginning of... Read More