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New Newsletter from the APA Committee
on Pre-College Instruction in Philosophy

The American Philosophical Association’s Committee on Pre-College Instruction in Philosophy is pleased to announce the creation of a national newsletter illustrating young people engaged in philosophy. The pilot issue of the newsletter, Questions, will appear in early 2001 and will be organized around the theme of children’s rights. It will include transcripts of philosophical discussions about children’s rights from K-12 classrooms around the country, photographs from some of these classes, and essays, drawings, stories, and poems created by young people on the subject of children's rights. We welcome the involvement of additional philosophers and teachers who are working with K-12 students and would like to participate in this project.

At this time, the editorial board for Questions is composed of Betsy Newell Decyk, Rosalind Ladd, Jana Mohr Lone, Michael Pritchard, David Shapiro, Hugh Taft-Morales, and Wendy Turgeon. Funding for the pilot issue has been provided by the American Philosophical Association. For more information or if you are interested in becoming involved, please contact Jana Mohr Lone at jmohrlone@compuserve.com or call her at (206) 463-1217.