Steve Hargadon: Socrates and AI
Most educators I know would say they aspire to teach Socratically, prompting students with questions, drawing out their innate wisdom. […]
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An Introduction to My Thinking
In the spring of 2026 I asked six frontier language models the same carefully framed question. Independently, without knowledge of
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The 3 C’s of Compulsory Schooling
Custody, compliance, and credentialing — and why the whole thing has to be compulsory Education is full of C’s. There
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Students Wrote a Coherent National Policy on AI
Students Wrote the Rules. Schools Still Write the Script. In late July, roughly a hundred high school students from across
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Why School Will Survive the Death of The Diploma (At Least for Now)
This continues the argument of “Why School Is the Same Everywhere, and the Revolution Never Comes,” which ended with a
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Steve Hargadon: The Conditions of Success
For years I’ve run a simple exercise with groups of educators that I call “the conditions of learning.” I ask
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Why School Is the Same Everywhere, and the Revolution That Never Comes
Walk into a classroom in Helsinki, Lagos, Seoul, or Iowa, and you will recognize the room. Children sorted by birth
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Why School Is the Same Everywhere, and the Revolution That Never Comes
Walk into a classroom in Helsinki, Lagos, Seoul, or Iowa, and you will recognize the room. Children sorted by birth
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Narrative Enforcers Dressed as Critical Thinkers
In classrooms, libraries, and professional development sessions across the country, media literacy is now presented as an essential defense against
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Steve Hargadon: The Cost of Pretending
Every adult knows a particular kind of tiredness. It is not the tiredness of hard labor or too little sleep.