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 ...

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 ...

If you’ve ever tried a Socratic seminar with your students, or know a colleague who has, this story may sound eerily familiar: After spending the semester shoring up students’ contextual knowledge ...

For one hour a week, students slide their chairs into a circle for a little conversation about the latest story, poem or piece of art that’s being studied at Mohawk School in Park Forest. This ...

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.

For the second year in row, local Yiddish learning organization Arbeter Ring (Workmen’s Circle) will offer Secular Yeshiva, a bimonthly course with Socratic-style seminars, focused on “history and ...

This post is by Brian Delgado a teacher at High Tech High. I have been doing Socratic Seminars in my physics class long enough to know when they go well. There is a buzz of dialogue that lingers for ...

The Aspen Institute offers many programs and seminars for lots of different subjects, ranging from business, justice, sports and the environment, trying to provide affordable and accessible ...