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Peninsula Academies.

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Raby, Marilyn E. – Clearing House, 1984

Describes the Peninsula Academies program developed by the Sequoia (California) Union High School District and 27 local high technology companies to help educationally disadvantaged students break the pattern of low academic achievement, lack of skills, and chronic unemployment. (FL)

Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Business, Educationally Disadvantaged, Job Skills

Teaching Philosophy and Teaching Philosophically.

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Proefriedt, William A. – Clearing House, 1985

Discusses the "Philosophy for Children" program developed by Matthew Lipman and Ann Margaret Sharp of the Institute for the Advancement of Philosophy for Children at Montclair State College in New Jersey. Explains how the teaching of philosophy can also be incorporated into the teacher education curriculum. (FL)

Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Cognitive Development, Critical Thinking, Elementary Education