Billy Handmaker, Inquiry, Inclusion and Integrity in College Readiness




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Summary: Today, we’re speaking with Billy Handmaker, Head of School at Bosque School in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Using an inquiry-based curriculum, students at the Bosque School are able to choose the societal problems that they want to solve and actually build proposed solutions around them. This involves college-level research, research and thesis defense. By structuring the education experience to reflect real-world problem-solving, Bosque is helping its students engage in a process of self-discovery before determining right fit colleges and careers.