One Good Question

Description

What if the most powerful way to transform education isn’t by chasing answers—
but by learning to ask better questions?

In One Good Question, educator, researcher, and global thought partner Rhonda Broussard invites readers into an extraordinary set of conversations with education leaders across eleven countries. Sparked by a blog series she launched in 2015, Broussard’s inquiry begins with a deceptively simple guiding prompt: In what ways do our investments in education reveal our beliefs about the next generation’s role in the world?

Through dialogues that range from Bangladesh to Finland to the United States, Broussard uncovers perspectives that challenge assumptions about schooling, equity, language, leadership, and the future of learning. Rather than delivering tidy solutions, each interview generates new provocations—questions that push us to examine the values and power structures shaping education systems worldwide.

Set against the backdrop of the United Nations’ ambitious Sustainable Development Goals, this book explores urgent topics such as:

• Who should truly have access to higher education?

• What role should parents, youth, and communities play in school decision-making?

• How do economic forces limit—and sometimes expand—education opportunity?

• What could schooling look like if we centered justice, agency, multilingualism, and joy?

With clarity and curiosity, One Good Question invites educators, policymakers, caregivers, and lifelong learners to reflect on the beliefs behind their own questions. Broussard’s global lens reveals how deeply connected our education challenges are—and how powerful inquiry can be in guiding us toward more equitable futures.

More than a book about education, this is a book about the art of wondering—
and the world we might build when we ask better questions.

About the author

Rhonda Broussard is the founder and CEO of Beloved Community, a national nonprofit committed to sustainable economic equity in schools, workforce, and housing. Broussard is an award-winning education entrepreneur and sought-after public speaker. She is a 28-year educator and researcher who founded and led a network of language immersion and international schools in the US. Rhonda lives in her native Louisiana with her partner, Kim and two children, Olivia and Oscar.