Tech-Free January Dylan Kane does a digital detox. Here's how it went. open.substack.com/pub/fivetwelve…

Why Are Schools So Ugly? Interesting way of looking at schools that I never considered. Thanks Robert Pondiscio for opening my eyes to this view. open.substack.com/pub/thenext30y…

In love with "inquiry," social studies teachers oppose testing history, geography, civics knowledge. tinyurl.com/zmhbvp9n Carl Hendrick Paul Kirschner Stephen Green Zach Groshell Matthew Hennessey Ruth Joy Karen Vaites Matthew Levey

See Craig Barton's 3-Read Friday #100 open.substack.com/pub/eedi/p/3-r…

In ‘gewoon Nederlands godgeklaagde gotspe. Het is verdommer hun verdienmodel!

If the goal of education is for students to use what they learn beyond the classroom, contextual interference forces learners to determine what remains when everything else changes. And that may be one of the most important things education can do. kirschnered.nl/2026/02/09/ano…

"this isn't an academic school" - A variation on the soft bigotry of low expectations open.substack.com/pub/thedisrupt…

De Andere Vergeten Wenselijke Moeilijkheid Als het doel van lesgeven en onderwijs is dat leerlingen hun geleerde buiten het klaslokaal gebruiken, dan is een beetje ongemak misschien de prijs die we moeten betalen. kirschnered.nl/2026/02/10/de-…

Almost finished writing a new book with the most amazing woman (Nidhi Sachdeva, PhD ) on becoming an expert teacher.

Something has shifted within schools themselves. The values, habits, and cognitive skills that education once reliably supported are no longer being cultivated in the same way. open.substack.com/pub/thedigital…

Building Thinking Classrooms vs. Good instruction Ammar A. Merhbi open.substack.com/pub/ammaramerh…

For those in the education sphere who were hacked...in case this is helpful. Paul Kirschner, beanie0597_2.0, Pamela Snow and there are others I don't recall but people like Anna Stokke, Carl Hendrick and others may remember.

Transfer-appropriate processing tells us what kind of thinking learning must involve. Contextual interference is one powerful way to ensure that kind of thinking actually happens. open.substack.com/pub/paulkirsch…

Transfer-appropriate processing vertelt ons welk soort denken het leren moet omvatten. Contextual interference zorgt ervoor dat het denken ook daadwerkelijk plaatsvindt. Als leren er op dat moment wat slechter uitziet, is dat misschien wat we willen. kirschnered.nl/2026/02/13/de-…

Here's a great publication hoax perpetrated by Pascal Diago, possibly comparable to the Sokal hoax (look it up if you're not familiar with it), about pregnancy cravings for prime numbers! Casper Hulshof Pedro De Bruyckere retractionwatch.com/2026/01/30/gue…

Funny on Valentine's Sunday Thanks to Far Side

Als haar geheugen zo slecht is dat zij niet weet wat en waar zij gestudeerd heeft heb ik mijn twijfels over haar geestelijke toestand 😂

I've been hacked and shut out of my old Twitter/X account Paul A. Kirschner. Please stop following that account and follow the real grumpy old man Paul Kirschner PLEASE spread the word on your social media and retweet this message. Here's some proof that I'm me😂

The persistent and seductive appeal of discovery learning, despite its limitations and failures, reflects a mix of cognitive biases, ideological commitments, and cultural narratives rather than any strong empirical support. kirschnered.nl/2025/03/30/the…

While this sounds like an interesting study with interesting results, there's a major problem: The researchers only measured performance (quiz after class) and not actual learning (a delayed assessment). In other words, practically worthless for ed nature.com/articles/s4159…