Philosophy Learning and Teaching Organization
The Philosophy Learning and Teaching Organization is a U.S. non-profit membership organization established in 2010 by a committee of the American Philosophical Association to promote philosophy to K-12 students. An advocate for the Philosophy for Children movement, PLATO became an independent 501(c)(3) organization 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 University of Nantes and the University of Washington, as well as other institutions.
Notable Initiatives
- The Philosophers-in-Residence program
- A database of philosophical lesson plans called ""
- Multiple to support precollegiate access to philosophy
- , edited by Kristopher G. Phillips
- Questions: Philosophy for Young People, edited by Ariel Sykes and Stone Addington