I wonder if there is any movement within local public schools to implement the classical model for K-12. I would imagine it would be a nice selling point for smaller school districts.
Great question. There are some public charter schools (including some operated by Great Hearts Academies) that are based on the classical model. There does seem to be a growing movement and demand by parents and families for a classical approach to education.
Thank you for the work you’re doing, Carol. I am glad Great Hearts is an option for Arizona families. We might end up there. (It’s currently #4 on our list behind two long-shot private schools and homeschooling.) You sold us on the trivium, western cannon, moral clarity, high expectations, paper & pencil, the logical approach to history. Feels like GH doesn’t leave room for intellectual laziness or academic dishonesty. I also admire how GH makes literature magical. Turning the lunchroom into a winter wonderland and making students enter through fur coats just like Narnia!! I would have loved it! But I already went to elementary school. I’ve got two rowdy, redheaded cowboys heading into kindergarten. They learn through play. They need to move their bodies. All for rigorous academics, disciple and poetry memorization, but can’t Susan Wise Bauer and Peter Gray both be a little right? And the no Halloween thing really bums me out.
My son attends a classical school that is affiliated with Hillsdale College. The difference between his current school and the public school he went to for seven years is night and day. He is actually challenged academically, and the school has high expectations in all areas of his education. The school is focused on both education, civics, and virtue.
Public schools are rotten to the core and I don’t know that they can be salvaged. Between the twisted education of teachers in universities and the teachers unions that dominate the how and what of is taught, the students are suffering and an afterthought.
The waitlist for the classical school my son attends is three times that of the attendance of the school. Many parents are fed up with public schools and want something better. I’m not sure why state legislatures aren’t receiving the message and changing how schools operate and what the curriculum is.
I wonder if there is any movement within local public schools to implement the classical model for K-12. I would imagine it would be a nice selling point for smaller school districts.
Great question. There are some public charter schools (including some operated by Great Hearts Academies) that are based on the classical model. There does seem to be a growing movement and demand by parents and families for a classical approach to education.
Thank you for the work you’re doing, Carol. I am glad Great Hearts is an option for Arizona families. We might end up there. (It’s currently #4 on our list behind two long-shot private schools and homeschooling.) You sold us on the trivium, western cannon, moral clarity, high expectations, paper & pencil, the logical approach to history. Feels like GH doesn’t leave room for intellectual laziness or academic dishonesty. I also admire how GH makes literature magical. Turning the lunchroom into a winter wonderland and making students enter through fur coats just like Narnia!! I would have loved it! But I already went to elementary school. I’ve got two rowdy, redheaded cowboys heading into kindergarten. They learn through play. They need to move their bodies. All for rigorous academics, disciple and poetry memorization, but can’t Susan Wise Bauer and Peter Gray both be a little right? And the no Halloween thing really bums me out.
My son attends a classical school that is affiliated with Hillsdale College. The difference between his current school and the public school he went to for seven years is night and day. He is actually challenged academically, and the school has high expectations in all areas of his education. The school is focused on both education, civics, and virtue.
Public schools are rotten to the core and I don’t know that they can be salvaged. Between the twisted education of teachers in universities and the teachers unions that dominate the how and what of is taught, the students are suffering and an afterthought.
The waitlist for the classical school my son attends is three times that of the attendance of the school. Many parents are fed up with public schools and want something better. I’m not sure why state legislatures aren’t receiving the message and changing how schools operate and what the curriculum is.