"“Paideia is the ideal education. It gives you a broad intellectual perspective."
(12th grade student)

STUDENT MOTIVATION

“Paideia is the ideal education. It gives you a broad intellectual perspective. You understand more cultures than your own. It gives you a chance to express you ideas. You can be yourself most of all, and express yourself any way you want to as long as you are reasonable.”
(12th grade student)
Gettys, C. & Wheelock, A. (1994). Launching Paideia in Chattanooga. Educational Leadership.

“She loves [seminars] because she can talk a lot and choose to agree or disagree with her classmates. Neither mistaken nor different notions about a story result in criticism. Incorrect comprehension of a story is corrected by helpful classmates or prompts from the teacher to help a child self-correct. Differences of opinions are accepted as the norm.”
(parent of a 4th grader)
Nesselrodt, P. & Schaffer, E. (1993). Results from the first year of a nationwide, multi-method evaluation of innovative programs serving at-risk students: implementation of The Paideia Proposal. Atlanta, GA.: American Educational Research Association.

“Paideia students had a higher average daily attendance (84% and 91% versus 78% and 85%).”
Herman, R. & Stringfield, S. (1995). Ten promising programs for educating disadvantaged students: evidence of impact. San Francisco, CA: American Educational Research Association.