In this episode Michael and I talk about:

• Practical examples of what it looks like to facilitate Socratic practices in a classroom and online.
• Key topics raised in Michael’s books.
• How parents and teachers as well as students are impacted by the educational system.
• How a meaningful education could support healthy culture and human thriving

Amongst many other topics!

If you are a parent, teacher, student, work in government or just care about a thriving fulfilling sustainable future for our world you'll get heaps from this episode.

Guest Bio:
Michael Strong is the founder of The Socratic Experience, a virtual school for children ages 8 - 19. He is one of the most experienced designers of innovative school programs in the United States. His projects include a public school program in which minority female students gained four years’ worth of critical thinking gains in four months (on the Watson-Glaser). He later went into Montessori secondary school program design at The Judson Montessori School (San Antonio), The Emerson School, and Hacienda School. He created The Winston Academy, where middle school students passed AP exams, making it the most academically advanced school in the country at the time.

Another of Michael’s projects, Moreno Valley High School, a Paideia charter high school, was ranked the 36th-best U.S. public high school by Newsweek. More recently he co-founded KoSchool in Austin, Texas, which combined his high-performance approach to AP coursework and SAT score gains with a focus on entrepreneurial and creative projects. KoSchool, in turn, became the original model for The Academy of Thought and Industry, the high school model for the largest Montessori network in the United States.

Students from Michael’s schools have been admitted to Harvard, Stanford, Georgetown, Smith, Bard, Bennington, McGill, UT-Austin, University of Colorado, the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Parsons School of Design, Quest, St. John’s and many dozens of other post-secondary institutions.

He is the author of ‘The Habit of Thought: From Socratic Seminars to Socratic Practice’:https://www.amazon.com.au/gp/product/0944337392/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vppi_i1

and lead author of ‘Be the Solution: How Entrepreneurs and Conscious Capitalists Can Solve All the World’s Problems’:
https://www.amazon.com.au/gp/product/B00245A4NW/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vppi_i0

Further links to guest resources:
https://flowidealism.medium.com
https://www.linkedin.com/in/michaelstrong1
https://twitter.com/flowidealism
https://www.facebook.com/michael.strong.144
https://www.youtube.com/c/socraticmichaelstrong

Additional resources mentioned:
Sir Ken Robinson (website & books): https://www.sirkenrobinson.com/store/
Education in a Time Between Worlds: Essays on the Future of Schools, Technology, and Society - By Zachary Stein https://www.amazon.com.au/Education-Time-Between-Worlds-Technology/dp/0986282677/ref=sr_1_5?keywords=education+in+a+time+between&qid=1677580756&sr=8-5
Ken Wilber & Integral Life: https://integrallife.com
Books by Ken Wilber: https://www.amazon.com.au/Ken-Wilber/e/B000APH4W2/ref=dp_byline_cont_book_1