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TagElon 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 their senior year of high school. (more…)
Philosopher Wins $300K Grant For “Good Life” Project With Bronx Teens
Stephen R. Grimm, professor of philosophy at Fordham University, has been awarded a $300,000 grant to support a summer program in philosophy for high school students in the Bronx. (more…)
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. (more…)
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…)
Free Online NYU Event to Bring Philosophy to High School Students
The Annual High School Philosophy Conference @ NYU, a free, online event aimed at introducing high school students to philosophy and motivating them to learn more about it, will be taking place on September 18th. (more…)
Students from 50 Countries Participate in Philosophy Olympiad
The International Philosophy Olympiad took place last month, with 108 high school students from 50 different countries taking part. (more…)
The Battle for Philosophy in Serbian Schools (guest post)
Recently, the Serbian government eliminated philosophy from its required courses in high schools, replacing it with a set of electives (one of which is “logic and ethics”), and raising concerns not just about the education of students but also about those responsible for teaching the philosophy courses losing their jobs. (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…)
Program to Bring Ethics Bowl to Under-Resourced High Schools
The University of North Carolina’s Parr Center for Ethics has created a new “bridge” program to bring the center’s National High School Ethics Bowl (NHSEB) to new areas of the country, with a focus on under-resourced schools and underserved communities. (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…)
Philosophy Camps for Teens (guest post by Claire Katz)
What we did not anticipate in that first summer was the intense relationship our campers would develop with each other, with philosophy, and with the experience of developing an intellectual community in the setting of a philosophy summer camp. (more…)
The 2020 International Philosophy Olympiad: Online and Inclusive
The International Philosophy Olympiad (IPO) is a philosophy writing competition and set of workshops and lectures for high school students, sponsored by the International Federation of Philosophical Societies (FISP). Held in various cities around the world since its start in 1993, the IPO was to take place this year in Ljubljana, Slovenia, but owing to the pandemic,..
Teaching Philosophy to High Schoolers Stuck at Home
With K-12 students across the world at home instead of school, and with school districts varying in how they are educating them under these circumstances, some parents are taking it upon themselves to supplement their children’s education. (more…)
Summer Programs in Philosophy for High School Students 2020
Are you organizing a summer program in philosophy for high school students, or know of any? (more…)
“Corrupt the Youth” Wins Prize for Excellence & Innovation in Philosophy Programs
Corrupt the Youth, an organization that brings philosophy to high school students and others, has won the 2019 Prize for Excellence and Innovation in Philosophy Programs, awarded jointly by the American Philosophical Association (APA) and the Philosophy Documentation Center (PDC). (more…)
Course to Teach University Students to Engage Philosophically with High Schoolers
The University of Pennsylvania is offering a course that will teach undergraduates how to teach philosophy to high school students. (more…)
President of Ireland Speaks at Youth Philosophy Awards Ceremony
“Too many policy lobbyists have, often unknowingly, unthinkingly perhaps, accepted a narrow and utilitarian view of… education—one that suggests we exist to be made useful—which leads to a great loss of the capacity to critically evaluate, question and challenge.” (more…)
Saudi Government Introduces Philosophy Into Its High Schools
Last week, the Ministry of Education in Saudi Arabia announced that it is adding a philosophy course to its secondary school curriculum. Prior to this, philosophy had been wholly absent from education at all levels in Saudi Arabia. (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…)
Bringing the Philosophy of Self-Knowledge to the Public with a MOOC
Mitchell Green, Professor of Philosophy at the University of Connecticut, has created an ambitious MOOC (massive online open course) that he will be teaching this year. It is free and open to anyone with an internet connection. (more…)
Making a Case for Pre-College Philosophy
“We assume that certain kinds of questions are only for advanced students, and I think that the irony is that, in many cases, not encouraging all students to ask those questions is why some are not advanced.” (more…)
Philosopher Wins Grant To Increase Pre-College Exposure to Philosophy
The Whiting Foundation, a grant-making organization promoting the humanities in American culture, has awarded one of its Public Engagement Fellowships to Cristina Cammarano, assistant professor of philosophy at Salisbury University. (more…)
The Growth of Pre-College Philosophy In Ireland
This past year, nearly 60 high schools in Ireland began offering philosophy courses or introducing philosophy modules into existing courses, and the nation’s president, Michael Higgins, launched the Young Philosopher Awards for primary and secondary school students. (more…)
Recent APA Grants Fund Projects on Outreach and Diversity
The American Philosophical Association (APA) has announced the winners of several of its grants for the 2017-2018 academic year. All of the funded projects appear to be aimed at growing philosophy’s constituency, focusing especially on younger students (including high schoolers) and members of groups traditionally underrepresented in professional philosophy in the U..
Large Grant To Support Pre-College Philosophy In Australasia
The Federation of Australasian Philosophy in Schools Association (FAPSA) has been awarded $281,656 AUD (roughly US$224,000) to fund a project that brings philosophy to pre-college students. (more…)
Teaching Controversial Topics In High School Philosophy
Last summer, Landon Hedrick, a PhD student at the University of Nebraska who, while working on his dissertation, teaches philosophy at the Vanguard Classical School in Chicago, wrote in with questions about teaching logic and critical thinking to high school students. He now has some questions about teaching more controversial topics in a high school philosophy clas..
Online Philosophy Materials for High School Students
A philosopher writes in seeking good materials online for high school age students who’d like to get more exposure to philosophy. Here are some suggestions: (more…)
Diversity in Philosophy: Is the Problem Lack of Pre-College Exposure?
Recall these figures from “What is the State of Blacks in Philosophy?” by Tina Fernandes Botts, Liam Kofi Bright, Myisha Cherry, Guntur Mallarangeng, and Quayshawn Spencer: though blacks in the U.S. make up over 13% of the general population, they make up just 1.32 percent of the total number of people professionally affiliated (as grad students or faculty) with U.S..