Category: Pre-College Philosophy
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New Film Captures the Value and Excitement of Ethics Bowl
The Bowl is a new documentary that follows a team of six girls and their teacher as they prepare for and compete in the…
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Improving Philosophy’s Prospects with a Model for Bringing it to High Schools (guest post)
If more people were exposed to philosophy in high school, that would likely be good for those students and good for their schools—and good…
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UK Education Union Leader: Teach Philosophy in Schools
Daniel Kebede, General Secretary of the National Education Union, the largest education in the UK, as called for the nation’s schools to teach philosophy,…
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Philosophy Summer Programs for High School Students – 2024
Please use the comments section on this post to share information about Summer 2024 Programs in Philosophy for high school students.
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Elon Launches Freedom & Democracy Summer Program for High School Students
An interdicisplinary team of professors at Elon University are launching a philosophy-centric residential summer program on democracy and civic engagement for underserved students entering…
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Summer 2022 Programs in Philosophy for High School Students
Please use the comments section on this post to share information about 2022 Summer Programs in Philosophy for high school students.
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Ideas for a 7th Grade Philosophy Club
Emily is a seventh grade student who chimed in on an earlier post where she mentioned, “I am trying to get more people to…
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Summer Programs in Philosophy for High School Students, 2021 Edition
Please use the comments section on this post to share information about 2021 summer programs in philosophy for high school students.
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Philosophy for Kids Is not Math for Kids or Reading for Kids
In 2015, a small study purported to show that teaching elementary school students philosophy improved their math and reading skills. The following year, the…
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Dialexicon: A New Student-Led Philosophy Initiative
There’s a new “platform for high school students to learn, discuss, and contribute to philosophical thought and writing.”
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High School Teacher Placed on Leave for Moral Problems Quiz (Update: Teacher Resigns)
A high school teacher has been placed on administrative leave (with pay) after a parent complained about a lesson in which students were asked…
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French Teachers Consider Strike Over Reduction in Philosophy Curriculum
Last week, at the completion of their high school studies, 750,000 students in France took the baccalauréat exam in philosophy, or “bac philo,” as it…