Inventor Albert Einstein's birthday on Monday, March 14, prompted author Warren Berger and a number of other question-oriented organizations to launch Question Week, held March 13-19. Einstein became well-known for his curiosity and ability to keep asking the right questions, as seen in these quotes on A More Beautiful Question's website:
"If I had an hour to solve a problem and my life depended on the solution, I would spend the first 55 minutes determining the proper question to ask for once I know the proper question, I could solve the problem in less than five minutes," Einstein said.
"It's not that I'm so smart," Einstein said. "But I stay with the questions much longer."
Question Week celebrates the power of a question, and organizers shared exercises for teachers and students to improve their questioning abilities.