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 Background and Precedents

Links to Further Resources

The National Paideia Center
http://www.unc.edu/depts/ed/cel-paideia.html

The Power of Paideia Schools: Defining Lives Through Learning

Summary of a book by NPC Director Terry Roberts and several coauthors, which provides a blueprint for the Paideia school.
http://www.ascd.org/pubs/new/books/198034book.html

The Paideia School of Atlanta, GA

Website of a Paideia School in Georgia. Good example of one such school.
http://www.paideiaschool.org

The Coalition of Essential Schools

http://www.essentialschools.org

The Great Books Program

http://www.greatbooks.com

Mortimer Adler's Center for the Study of Great Ideas

"A Syntopical Approach to The Great Ideas from the Great Books"
http://www.thegreatideas.org

The Aspen Institute Executive Seminar

An outgrowth of Adler's work with the Great Books. Discussion programs for executives.
http://www.aspeninst.org/dir/seminars/97/expg4.html

St. John's College

An outgrowth of Adler's Great Books Program. Offers degree programs based upon dialogue and Great books. Campuses in Annapolis, MD and Santa Fe, NM.
http://www.sjca.edu

San Francisco Bay Area Great Books Council

A local organization of Great Books Discussion groups.
http://www.greatbooks-sf.com

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Dialogue Training

Links to Further Resources

Socratic Seminars Northwest
http://www.socraticseminars.com

The Dialogue Group Home Page

http://www.dialogroup.com/dialogroup

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Reforming Our Public Schools

Links to Further Resources

 Coalition of Essential Schools

http://www.ces.brown.edu

Bay Area Coalition of Essential Schools

BayCES, the San Francisco Area organization
http://www.bayces.org

Annenburg Institute for School Reform

Lists Annenburg's major national reform projects.
http://www.aisr.brown.edu

Bay Area School Reform Collaborative

BASRC, or the Hewlett-Annenberg Challenge
http://www.wested.org/basrc

The Educational Enhancement Partnership

TEEP, in Canton, OH. A local organization for school reform, headed by Dennis Gray.
http://www.teep.org

The Invisible School

A school based upon the practice of dialogue.
http://www.TheInvisible School.org

"Calee's Site"

The Capistrano Valley Philosophy Seminar. Established by a student at this Orange County high school, to support a class in Dialogue.
http://www.cvhs.com/philosophy

Sullivan High School

Sullivan is a member of both the Coalition of Essential Schools, and the Paideia Network.
http://alliance.ed.uiuc.edu/iaes/Schools/profiles/Sullivan_profiles.html

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Support for Homeschooling

Links to Further Resources

 John Holt, "Growing Without Schooling"
John Holt is a universally recognized leader in the homeschooling/unschooling movement. Check out what this organization offers.
http://www.holtgws.com

Home School Association of California (HSC)

Contains information relevant to homeschoolers in California.
http://www.hsc.org

Calvert School

A well-established, reputable source of curriculum for home study.
http://www.calvertschool.org

Clonlara School

A variety of resources for homeschoolers, including an on-line school.
http://www.clonlara.com

Home School Village

A variety of resources for homeschoolers.
http://www.home-school-village.com

Mindfull

Run by a group of homeschoolers in Texas. Their annual conference features many notable speakers.
http://www.flash.net/~lisadahl

School is Dead, Learn in Freedom

I quess we know where he stands, huh?
http://learninfreedom.org

AERO: Alternative Educational Resource Organization

http://www.edrev.org

Homeschool Find it Virtual Library of Homeschooling

http://www.computerage.net/homeschool/findit

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Texts for Dialogue

Links to Further Resources

Paideia Text Library
http://www.unc.edu/depts/ed/Paideia/texts.html

Paideia Resource Page

http://www.unc.edu/depts/ed/Paideia/resource.html

The Internet Classics Archive

http://classics.mit.edu

Columbia University Digital Texts

http://ilt.columbia.edu/academic/digitexts

Project Guttenberg

A large project to compile resources for digital text materials.
http://www.promo.net/pg/index.html

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Miscellaneous

Links to Further Resources

 Ed Maupin's Website
Ed is a psychologist, a rolfer, and the director of IPSB in San Diego. Addresses issues of "embodied learning".
http://www.edmaupin.com

The International Professional School of Bodywork

IPSB, in San Diego, CA, now offers AA, BA, and MA degrees, based upon Dialogue and Self-Directed Study.
http://www.webcom.com/ipsb

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