Over the past few years, I’ve attended summer workshop after summer workshop that touted the merits of Socratic seminars. The discussions revolved around open-ended questions facilitated by not ...

The Bitcoin meetup scene has been a vibrant global community since the early days of Bitcoin’s history. There have been Bitcoin meetups in most major cities on a regular basis for at least five years.

When students have the opportunity to participate in “Socratic seminars” on a regular basis, a different classroom culture evolves. The students collaborate more and more voices are heard. The ...

I’ve found Socratic Seminars to be an effective way to integrate social and collaborative learning in the classroom; give students the chance to ask meaningful questions about texts; and engage with ...

It was 1:30 on a Friday afternoon at Sullivan High School on Chicago’s Far North Side. In Room 208, next to the file cabinet with the sticker saying, “Minds are like parachutes: They function only ...

With so much talk about the Common Core standards and truly increasing our student’s argumentative powers and critical thinking skills, some teachers are starting to think critically themselves about ...

SKANEATELES | Discerning the tragic flaws common among Roger Clemons, Marilyn Monroe and Benedict Arnold was the substance of a typical day's discussion in Aisha McConochy's English composition and ...

SKANEATELES | Discerning the tragic flaws common among Roger Clemons, Marilyn Monroe and Benedict Arnold was the substance of a typical day's discussion in Aisha McConochy's English composition and ...