Pre-College Philosophy

Kantraversy Over Korean SAT Question

The Korean version of a college admissions exam, the CSAT, administered last month, had several questions about Immanuel Kant. (more…)

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 National High School Ethics Bowl—and you may be able to arrange an interactive screening of it in your town. (more…)

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 for academic philosophy, too, as one risk to philosophy at the university level in the United States is that people (students, other university employees, the general public, legislators) tend to be relatively unfamiliar with i..

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, according to The Guardian. (more…)

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 join my philosophy club, but no one wants to. They don’t want the answers. I do though.”

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Ethics & Civic Education Program Seeks Help from Philosophers

An ethics and civic education program aimed at underserved communities and under-resourced schools, a project of the Parr Center for Ethics at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, is looking for philosophers who are interested in helping. (more…)

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. (more…)

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 Education Endowment Foundation (EEF) funded a large-scale study of the effects of teaching philosophy to young children. The results of that study have now been announced. (more…)

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.” (more…)

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 to morally reason about some provocative situations, according to The Columbus Dispatch last week. (more…)

New Journal: “Precollege Philosophy and Public Practice” (corrected)

A new journal, “Precollege Philosophy and Public Practice,” will have its inaugural issue in winter 2019. It will be an annual, interdisciplinary, online and open-access journal. (more…)

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 is called. Meanwhile, worries about reforms to the baccalauréat system have some teachers threatening to strike. (more…)