http://www.educationtoempower.org/blog Copyright 2011 Education to Empower en http://www.educationtoempower.org/static/images/educationtoempower_rss_logo.gif http://www.educationtoempower.org/rss More organizations are working towards spreading Philosophy for Children as the advantages become clearer.  The Philosophy Shop is one such organization, and they look quite promising.

]]> http://www.educationtoempower.org/blog/2011/03/23/a-philosophy-shop-pops-up Two new additions to our Board of Directors!

]]> http://www.educationtoempower.org/blog/2011/03/08/new_board_of_directors_members We are headed to the Engaging Philosophy Conference at Mt. Holyoke College.

]]> http://www.educationtoempower.org/blog/2011/03/04/engaging_philosophy_conference We will be at the March Education Leadership Conference hosted by Yale University.

]]> http://www.educationtoempower.org/blog/2011/01/17/yaleeducationleadershipconference Suppose there was a thing we couldn't in any way gain a mental hold on. Could we be said to be thinking about it? In the act of thinking about it, do we in some sense imagine it, even if only in a representational way?

]]> http://www.educationtoempower.org/blog/2009/12/07/can-we-think-about-something-we-cannot-imagine Day two of the Philosophical Horizons conference on Philosophy for Children (Keeping the Child in Mind) was every bit as wondrous as the first.

]]> http://www.educationtoempower.org/blog/2009/09/15/philosophical-horizons-day-two Michael Dean Burroughs (a PHD candidate at UMemphis) has a blog for the philosophy class he teaches at Booker T Washington High School in Memphis, TN.

]]> http://www.educationtoempower.org/blog/2009/09/12/booker-t-washington-philosophy-blog Day one of the Philosophical Horizons conference on Philosophy for Children (Keeping the Child in Mind) has been a blast! We started off the day with an excellent breakfast at Brother Juniper's and a brainstorming session.

]]> http://www.educationtoempower.org/blog/2009/09/12/philosophical-horizons-day-one I had the wonderful opportunity to work with and then interview teachers and students in California and Washington DC. Here are some highlights from those interviews.

]]> http://www.educationtoempower.org/blog/2009/08/17/philosophy-for-kids-interviews-with-children-and-teachers From September 10th - the 13th I'm heading to Memphis, TN for a conference on Philosophy for Children put on by the University's Philosophical Horizons program

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