By Tinsley Galyean, Co-Founder & CEO of Curious Learning
Co-Founder and CEO Tinsley Galyean Offers a Radical Blueprint for Eradicating Illiteracy and Rethinking How We Learn, Lead, and Change The World In His Thought-Provoking Book
Introduction:
Curious Learning’s co-founder and CEO, Tinsley Galyean’s book, REFRAME: How Curiosity & Literacy Can Redefine Us, provides an inspiring look at how Curious Learning began and grew into a global nonprofit committed to eradicating illiteracy.
Tinsley presents solid arguments showing how curiosity and fresh thinking can dismantle limiting beliefs, transform education, and open new possibilities for leadership and social change.
REFRAME takes readers on a journey from Ethiopia to Bangladesh, India to South Africa, weaving together stories of children, educators, and communities who are reshaping their futures. Along the way, Tinsley explores how limiting beliefs — the assumptions we rarely question — stand in the way of progress, and how curiosity can unlock solutions we might never have imagined.
At its heart, REFRAME is about more than literacy. It’s about rethinking how people learn, lead, and live — whether in classrooms, organizations, or their personal lives. It’s a book for anyone who wants to see the world differently and be part of lasting change.
An average acquisition cost of ~$0.50 per learner: India $0.04 - Nepal $0.08 - Kenya $0.42
100 times more cost effective and can be scaled immediately to meet the need while traditional systems catch up.
Curiosity is not just the key to learning — it is the force that unlocks human potential, dismantles the barriers of ignorance, and opens doors to new ways of thinking, leading, and living. It is through curiosity that we discover solutions we never imagined, build futures we once thought impossible, and create change that can transform the world.