The Philosophy Learning and Teaching Organization (PLATO) is a U.S. non-profit membership organization established in 2010 by a committee of the

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to promote philosophy to K-12 students. An advocate for the Philosophy for Children movement, PLATO became an independent

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in 2012 and merged with the Center for Philosophy for Children in Seattle in 2022. As a member of the UNESCO Chair program "Practices of Philosophy with Children," PLATO maintains affiliations with the

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and the University of Washington, as well as other institutions.

Notable Initiatives

* The Philosophers-in-Residence program * A database of philosophical lesson plans called
The Philosophy Toolkit
* Multipl
grant opportunities
to support precollegiate access to philosophy PLATO also sponsors two journals: *
Precollege Philosophy and Public Practice
'' edited by Kristopher G. Phillips *'' Questions: Philosophy for Young People,'' edited by Ariel Sykes and Stone Addington

References

External links

*{{Official website, http://plato-philosophy.org/ *
The Journal of Precollege Philosophy and Public Practice (P4)
'
"Philosophy for Children"
in the

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*
Questions: Philosophy for Young People
' Philosophy organizations Organizations established in 2010 Philosophical societies in the United States Teacher associations based in the United States Philosophy education Non-profit organizations based in Seattle Non-profit organizations based in Washington (state)