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Paideia Proposal  

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  • Grounded in the democratic principle of equality, the educational system known as the Paideia Proposal was set forth in philosopher and scholar Mortimer J. Adler's book, The Paideia Proposal: An Educational Manifesto. It was introduced at a time when the quality of the American educational system was coming under fierce attack. [Source: Encyclopedia of Educational Reform and Dissent; Paideia Proposal]

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