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5 Key Takeaways on Building a Culture of Critical Thinking
November 24, 2025
Critical thinking is having a moment in education, but in many classrooms, it is still more slogan than reality. Drawing on their district- and classroom-level work with Thinking Maps, we were joined by four practitioners who shared what it really looks like to build a culture where students—not teachers—do the heavy cognitive lifting. Here are their 5 key takeaways.