INTRODUCTION

Paideia schools are known for their capacity to significantly improve the educational experience of students. Research documenting Paideia's impact dates from the mid-1980's. Early studies, based on schools in Chicago, Cincinnati, and Chattanooga, suggest that Paideia reform has an effect on the climate of the classroom and school, increasing both student and teacher interest in academic study and democratic self-governance. More recent research efforts have corroborated these assertions, also adding new conclusions regarding the program's influence on academic achievement and social development.

In addition to participating in externally driven research, the National Paideia Center conducts frequent internal assessments of its work in schools and publishes a regular report documenting results.

NEWS FLASH!!

The National Paideia Center proposes to serve as a subject for research focused on literacy, socio-cognitive development, dialogic instruction, project-based learning, whole-school reform, or other related areas of inquiry in the field of education and/or child development. Interested researchers, including graduate students, please contact Associate Director, Laura Billings(billings@northcarolina.edu).