Inquiry By Design (IBD)

Publisher: Inquiry By Design

Adopted: 2016 / Category: Core

Board Resolution Number: 5214

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"Inquiry By Design is committed to student-driven literacy marked by the reading, writing about, and discussion of content-rich, culturally relevant, complex texts. We firmly believe that all students deserve equitable access to a rigorous, culturally relevant curriculum. Inquiry By Design’s unique, inquiry-based curriculum is seamlessly integrated with transformative professional development—a pairing we believe is key to reigniting teacher passion, engaging students, changing classroom culture, and raising expectations. The end result is a vibrant, student-centered learning environment supported by a collaborative community of educators.

At middle school, each Inquiry By Design course of study is made up of seven units featuring detailed, but flexible, lesson plans aimed at building critical, standards-aligned, grade-level literacy skills. Each unit is built around challenging, grade-appropriate texts and spiraling cycles of work marked by reading, writing, and collaborative small-group and whole-class discussion. "