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“Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much.”
 
Hellen Keller

For eighteen months during the pandemic, we held nationwide round tables and brought together over one hundred school administrators, business leaders, teachers, and parents nationwide to identify the challenges facing our society.

Our White Paper charts a path to re-engage, re-inspire, and re-socialize our youth through meaningful dialogue and conversation. Teach Different’s Conversation Project is leading the way with powerful programs for parents, teachers and schools.

The Conversation Project is a worldwide social impact movement organized by Teach Different. The goal is to clear a path for courageous critical thinkers and problem solvers to lead society through conversation.

Our Projects

National Council for the Social Studies - Conversation Webinar Series
Organized in the heart of the pandemic in 2020-2021, this 3-part workshop series brought together Social Studies teachers from around the country to learn about the latest conversation techniques for civil discourse.
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Mid-Hudson Social Studies Council Workshop Series
Scheduled for the 2024-2025 school year, this project will convene social studies teachers from the New York area to learn the Teach Different Method and gain access to private conversation coaching.
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Building Bridges - Cultivating Civil Discourse in Social Studies Classrooms
Scheduled for the 2024-2025 school year, Teach Different will work with the National Council for the Social Studies to recruit and train 20 social studies educators to learn the Teach Different Method to help fight polarization in the classroom.
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Building Bridges Colorado
In February of 2024, we presented the Teach Different Method to instructional leaders from 16 public charter schools in the DSST network in the Denver and Aurora communities.
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Voices Rising
Together with the Building Our Network of Diversity Project (B.O.N.D.), We are now recruiting sponsors for a nationwide leadership program for underrepresented educators to become conversation leaders in the classroom.
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Our Conversation Projects are making an impact at every level of education. We are currently seeking teacher advocacy organizations and financial supporters who want to make a lasting difference in the lives of youth. 

Partners and Supporters

Without the collaboration and support of social conscious organizations and individuals, our work is impossible.  Addressing the challenges of polarization and mental health is a team sport.  Reach out to us and let’s talk about new possibilities.

Did you know?

  • A student talking for just 1.7 minutes longer in a class increases test scores by an average of 13.7 percentage points
  • Student discussion is more effective than 94% of other educational influencers on student achievement (Hattie, 2018)
  • Student discourse increases analytical thinking and high-level comprehension (Murphy et al., 2018)
  • Classroom dialogue supports inter-disciplinary learning and curriculum mastery (Howe et al, 2019)

Here are Teach Different's Founders, Dr. Steve Fouts and Dan Fouts, sharing the inspiration behind the Conversation Project

Steve offers an “all hands on deck” philosophy that is needed to re-engage kids and pave the way for future leaders.

Dan breaks down the universally-designed method for conversations taught in this project.

Simple And Powerful

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About The Teach Different Method

The Conversation Project has trained over 2,600 educators and impacted over 40,000 students across five continents.