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Building Products for Real-World Clients

Students in India in grades pre-K to 12 use design thinking to create products that address real needs.

June 27, 2018

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Riverside School

Private, Urban
Grades PK-12
Ahmedabad, Gujarat

Riverside School is a 400-student pre-K–12 private school in urban Ahmedabad, India. It was founded in 2001 by Kiran Sethi, a designer, who saw an opportunity to improve local schooling for India’s children, starting with her own. Adopting a user-centric vision and utilizing a design-thinking approach, Sethi and her cofounders put students at the center of the endeavor to create a new educational program that emphasizes relationships, projects, and a global citizenship perspective that teaches students to do good while doing well. The result is a highly engaged community of learners who realize it is their privilege and obligation to solve real problems and make the world a better place for those who come after.

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  • Community Partnerships
  • Curriculum Planning
  • Social Studies/History
  • K-2 Primary

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