How can summer be over already?
The compensation is all of the exciting projects going on this fall!
In the Northwest:
The first philosopher-in-residence program in Seattle begins at John Muir Elementary School this month – http://depts.washington.edu/nwcenter/aboutuwphilosophersintheschools.html#residence
The first Washington State High School Ethics Bowl will be held at the University of Washington on Saturday February 1 – http://depts.washington.edu/nwcenter/ethicsbowl.html
The Center website has been revitalized, and includes over 80 lesson plans for using children’s literature to inspire philosophy discussions, games and activities, and more! http://depts.washington.edu/nwcenter/index.html
And nationally:
PLATO (Philosophy Learning and Teaching Organization) has announced three awards for K-12 philosophy teachers! http://plato-philosophy.org/new-annual-plato-awards-for-teachers/
PLATO is also sponsoring a high school essay contest – http://plato-philosophy.org/plato-2013-14-high-school-essay-contest/
A new pre-college philosophy initiative, modeled after the UW Center for Philosophy for Children, is launching at the University of Chicago this fall – https://grahamschool.uchicago.edu/news/launch-of-the-university-of-chicago-winning-words-initiative
The K-12 philosophy movement is growing!
Jana Mohr Lone is the director and founder of the University of Washington Center for Philosophy for Children, an academic research center dedicated to research and practice in philosophy for children and philosophy of childhood, and she is an Affiliate Associate Professor of Philosophy at the University of Washington. Jana is the author of Seen and Not Heard (2021) and The Philosophical Child (2012). She co-authored the textbook Philosophy in Education: Questioning and Dialogue in Schools (2016) and co-edited the collection of essays Philosophy and Education: Introducing Philosophy to Young People (2012). Since 1995 she has taught philosophy in classrooms from preschool to college and beyond. A frequent writer and speaker about precollege philosophy, Jana is the founding president of PLATO (Philosophy Learning and Teaching Organization) and the founding editor-in-chief of the journal Questions: Philosophy for Young People. Follow her on Twitter: @JanaMohrLone