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Boilerplate, bio, images, and the exact status of every claim we make — so a reporter can describe this accurately without calling first.
Boilerplate (25 words)
Socratic Guides AI Academy is a small learning program in formation in Franklin, Tennessee, pairing trained human guides with AI tools to teach how to think.
Boilerplate (75 words)
Socratic Guides AI Academy is a small learning program now in formation in Franklin, Tennessee. A trained human guide and an AI companion configured to withhold answers will work alongside each student, questioning until the student can defend a position. Music practice and outdoor time are scheduled blocks with stated cognitive purpose. Every educational claim is published with a status label and the observation that would falsify it. It is not yet a licensed school.
Founder bio
KW Norton is an American citizen-scientist and the founder of Socratic Guides AI Academy. The Academy grew out of years of independent archival and genealogical research, conducted as a hobby to professional standards, and out of the conviction that a citizen may investigate. More on the founder page.
Facts a reporter should get right
- The Academy is in formation. It is not a licensed school and is not currently operating a cohort.
- Pilot operations are subject to Tennessee regulatory review and approval.
- The Academy has no campus and has not secured an instructional site. The founder's home is private family property and is not a school facility, an Academy asset, or open to visitors.
- The circulated 41% memory-recall figure is from small external studies. It is not our result and we label it an untested hypothesis for our setting.
- The $663k figure is the planned first-year pilot budget, not revenue and not raised capital.
- The AI companion is constrained to withhold conclusions and is always used with a human guide present.
Images
Free to use with credit to Socratic Guides AI Academy. Right-click or long-press to save; full-size files are at https://socraticguides.com/…
