Layer 1: Foundational Framework
Why does WhyDive exist?
Whitepapers
Formal documents for the framework and its applications.
Whitepapers give careful readers a more formal way to examine WhyDive: its claims, architecture, applications, and open questions.
Foundational pair / June 2026
WhyDive Framework: why it exists and how it works.
Whitepaper 1 names the human problem and foundational claim. Whitepaper 2 defines the parent-framework architecture for bounded reasoning development.
Repository structure
Start with the foundational framework, then move into architecture and applications. The order matters because WhyDive is larger than any one product, standard, or classroom tool.
Layer 2: Framework Architecture
How does WhyDive operate?
Layer 3: Educational Implementation
Layer 4: Data Literacy Pathway
How does WhyDive appear through data literacy?
Layer 5: Future Domain Implementations
How do organizations move from evidence to decisions responsibly?
Reader's question
As you read, ask which entity is being discussed, which audience is being served, and what question the document is trying to answer.
Use This Page
Use the whitepapers for review, alignment, and serious inquiry.
The whitepaper section is where the framework can be examined with more formality. Readers should know whether to review a claim, trace the architecture, or start a discussion.
Review the foundational pairStart with why WhyDive exists, then continue into how the architecture works.Trace the applicationsSee how WhyDive relates to WhyDive Education, the Data Literacy Standards, Chart-Ed Institute, and Chart-Ed.Invite a discussionUse this when your learning community, school, team, church, research group, or organization wants to examine the framework together.Read the foundationsStart with the pages that define the framework before moving into essays, whitepapers, and applications.