Where Cognitive Research Meets Classroom Practice
Applied research on developing the human capacities foundational to human intelligence.
As AI systems handle routine cognitive tasks, schools face an urgent question: what remains distinctly human?
FEATURED
Speaking & Media
Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung (FAZ)
Featured expert on AI and cognition, March 2026
Pennsylvania School Board Association
AI Implementation Needs a Human-Centered Approach
Council for Independent Colleges
Hyper Personalized Learning with AI (faculty)
Coaching Ethics Forum
AI Ethics at the Systems Level: Governance, Development, Democracy
Publications
Built to Think
Forthcoming (MIT Press)
Psychology Today, 30+ articles, 300K+ readers
Teaching Students to Question the Machine
Sage Social Sciences Publication
The Limits of AI in the Classroom
Chalkbeat First Person
Advisory clients are selective. Engagements are confidential.
If the work is relevant to yours, write to me: timothycook@connectedclassroom.org
Advisory
Timothy Cook
Timothy Cook is the Director of the Cognitive Privacy Project, Connected Classroom, and a practicing educator. His book Built to Think is forthcoming from MIT Press. He writes "The Algorithmic Mind" column for Psychology Today, reaching over 350,000 readers. His work focuses on the human capabilities AI cannot replicate, and how schools can deliberately develop them.
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