Philosophy Learning and Teaching Organization

The Philosophy Learning and Teaching Organization (PLATO) 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.^[1] 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.^[2] 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.^[3]

Philosophy Learning and Teaching Organization

Established	2010
Location	Seattle
Executive Director	Jana Mohr Lone
Affiliations	American Philosophical Association, University of Washington
Website	plato-philosophy.org

Notable Initiatives

• The Philosophers-in-Residence program^[4]
• A database of philosophical lesson plans called "The Philosophy Toolkit"
• Multiple grant opportunities to support precollegiate access to philosophy

PLATO also sponsors two journals:

• Precollege Philosophy and Public Practice, edited by Kristopher G. Phillips
• Questions: Philosophy for Young People, edited by Ariel Sykes and Stone Addington