What is Inquiring Minds?

We are a for profit innovative education company founded in 2014 in Brooklyn, New York. Inquiring Minds USA Inc is a certified woman owned business. We also have a separate nonprofit called Inquiring Minds Institute which is a 501 C3.

What are the goals of Inquiring Minds?

We collaborate with communities - typically of students, teachers and parents - to bring democratic practices and processes into grade school education, enriching students’ authentic selves through listening, inquiring and learning together. This is at the heart of civic engagement.   

How does Inquiring Minds work?

We develop programs based on all the school’s stakeholders needs – that means the leadership, teachers, students, parents. Everyone is heard and provides input. There is no cookie cutter, in other words. The process is as important as the product.

What schools does Inquiring Minds seek to work with?

We want to work with any accredited school primarily focussed on K-8 students. Children are the future.

How is Inquiring Minds funded?

We have a nonprofit institute for fundraising. We work with all schools according to their abilities. We may be paid fees directly by schools or PTAs when able. 

What's the first step in working with Inquiring Minds?

Email DK Holland, executive director dk@inquiringmindsinstitute.org and we'll start a conversation. When appropriate we will offer to create a proposal tailored to your needs.

What happens after kids go into high school? Would they lose all the gains made through Inquiring Minds programs?

Children retain much of the value as they move to higher grades. Upper grade school is very different from elementary or middle school, of course.

We create relationships with like-minded organizations focused on high school civic engagement that we can recommend to students and parents.