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Bring R.E.A.L.® to Your School
Build the conversation skills your community needs today — taught and measured across your campus.
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Built Around Your School
At most schools, discussion is mission-critical — and yet discussion skills are usually left to chance. We partner with schools to build those skills deliberately: shared language and classroom routines, with evidence of growth to show for it — built around your mission rather than bolted onto it.
Every engagement looks different, because every school is different. Some communities start with a single workshop or a Conversation Comeback summer read; others grow into multi-year partnerships with customized curriculum and impact assessment. Across 100+ schools and counting, we’ve learned that thoughtful capacity-building takes time — so we plan that arc with your leadership team from the start.
While the bulk of our work serves K-12 schools, founder Liza Garonzik leads a small number of engagements with companies and nonprofits each year. The world needs adults practicing these skills, too.
Tell us where your community is headed. A real person reads every note and replies within two business days, usually faster.
Case Studies
Real Schools, Real Impact
St. Louis, MO
Villa Duchesne School of the Sacred Heart
“R.E.A.L.® Discussion has elevated our discussion practices in a consistent way across the humanities. We have a responsibility to teach our students the deeply human art of face-to-face discussion within a community grounded in relationships.”
Alice Dickherber
Head of School
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Chattanooga, TN
Girls’ Preparatory School
“R.E.A.L.® gives GPS a common language for teaching and celebrating the communication skills students need to live into our long-held values: advocacy, agency, belonging, acceptance, empathy.”
Megan Cover
Head of School
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Blairstown, NJ
Blair Academy
“R.E.A.L.® enables our English teachers to effectively track students’ progress as they develop communication skills and confront challenges along the way, while its platform and ‘rules of engagement’ offer all voices opportunity to be heard.”
Peter G. Curran
Head of School
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Boston, MA
Nativity Preparatory School
“R.E.A.L.® has been an essential tool for giving our students the skills and confidence to be heard — and listen deeply to each other.”
Brian Maher
President
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