There isn’t a uniform K-12 philosophy curriculum in the United States, but as Hoa P. Nguyen writes, kids can still benefit from robust exposure to philosophy, including the work of Black philosophers whose work underpins many academic and public discussions about gender, race, class, and culture. ⁣ ⁣ Students want to ask—and are asking—deep philosophical questions about the status quo, and the thinking of these philosophers offers rigor that can help “broaden how students perceive their worlds,” Nguyen writes. Here are four to consider teaching: ⁣ ⁣ 1. bell hooks: Exploring the intersection of race, class, and gender, hooks (who prefers to lowercase her initials) has written many scholarly works, as well as children’s books that are appropriately thought-provoking. With older students, teachers can use hooks’s groundbreaking book “Ain’t I a Woman” to “discuss the important (and often neglected) role of Black women in the civil rights movement.”⁣ ⁣ 2. Sojourner Truth: An escaped slave, ...