[yanjuk]

>do what Socrates did: sitting with his students, asking questions and, through dialogue, teaching them what matters most

Nonsensical comparison. Socrates' pupils came to him. They weren't herded into daycare and expected to act like calm but enthusiastic scholars of random subjects.

Furthermore, nobody knows which knowledge matters most to other people. It's a conceit to pretend otherwise. I suspect Socrates would have been the first to admit this.

[wu-ikkyu]

>sitting with his students

Additionally, much of his teaching was done while walking, rather than having students sit still in rows.

[jessriedel]

Also, most teachers aren't Socrates. Policy-wise, the available levers are things like curriculum, teacher training, and incentives. School has to be designed for the actual inhabitants.