Proposes to show how children can be prepared to develop their full potential as 'thinking' human beings. The activities or 'games' described provide a general

Engagement in research and professional growth activities, the thinking school creates a collaborative culture that permeates the entire learning community.

Lipman examines the impact his program has had and may yet have on the process of education in philosophy.

Arguing against the tougher standards rhetoric that marks the current education debate, the author of No Contest and Punished by Rewards writes that such tactic