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 Background and Precedents

Links to Further Resources

The National Paideia Center

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.

The Paideia School of Atlanta, GA

Website of a Paideia School in Georgia. Good example of one such school.

The Coalition of Essential Schools

The Great Books Program

Mortimer Adler's Center for the Study of Great Ideas

"A Syntopical Approach to The Great Ideas from the Great Books"

The Aspen Institute Executive Seminar

An outgrowth of Adler's work with the Great Books. Discussion programs for executives.

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.

San Francisco Bay Area Great Books Council

A local organization of Great Books Discussion groups.

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Dialogue Training

Links to Further Resources

Socratic Seminars Northwest

The Dialogue Group Home Page

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Reforming Our Public Schools

Links to Further Resources

 Coalition of Essential Schools

Bay Area Coalition of Essential Schools

BayCES, the San Francisco Area organization

Annenburg Institute for School Reform

Lists Annenburg's major national reform projects.

Bay Area School Reform Collaborative

BASRC, or the Hewlett-Annenberg Challenge

The Educational Enhancement Partnership

TEEP, in Canton, OH. A local organization for school reform, headed by Dennis Gray.

Sullivan High School

Sullivan is a member of both the Coalition of Essential Schools, and the Paideia Network.

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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.

Home School Association of California (HSC)

Contains information relevant to homeschoolers in California.

Calvert School

A well-established, reputable source of curriculum for home study.

Clonlara School

A variety of resources for homeschoolers, including an on-line school.

Home School Village

A variety of resources for homeschoolers.

Mindfull

Run by a group of homeschoolers in Texas. Their annual conference features many notable speakers.

School is Dead, Learn in Freedom

I quess we know where he stands, huh?

AERO: Alternative Educational Resource Organization

Homeschool Find it Virtual Library of Homeschooling

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Texts for Dialogue

Links to Further Resources

Paideia Text Library

Paideia Resource Page

The Internet Classics Archive

Columbia University

Digital Texts

Project Guttenberg

A large project to compile resources for digital text materials.

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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".

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.