Sentences with phrase «liberal arts curriculum in»

Each specialized high school offers the standard New York State liberal arts curriculum in addition to rigorous electives, especially in the school's area of specialization or theme.

They put a strong liberal arts curriculum in the center, like the Common Core, which is what we use in California.

Cicero Preparatory Academy is a state - chartered public school providing an honors level liberal arts curriculum in the tradition of the finest independent private schools.

Lincoln Preparatory Academy is a state - chartered public school providing an honors level liberal arts curriculum in the tradition of the finest independent private schools.

Scottsdale Preparatory Academy is a state - chartered public school providing an honors level liberal arts curriculum in the tradition of the finest independent private schools.

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Ravitch concludes by praising the «1000 schools [that] use the Core Knowledge Curriculum, which describes explicitly what shall be taught in the full range of liberal arts and sciences in each grade.»

One would expect, then, that the study of music, art, the dance, and literature would occupy a central place in the liberal arts curriculum.

In our view, a liberal arts approach also emphasises a respect for the past; the significance of grammar, logic and rhetoric; and the notion, popularised by the historian Christopher Dawson, that ideas develop within cultures, which means that a grand narrative must necessarily underpin the curriculum.

In her best - selling 2014 novel California, Edan Lepucki briefly describes the fictional Plank College, a free two - year liberal arts program that centers around a Great Books curriculum while teaching its all - male students how to farm.

First, several small but notable Christian colleges (unmentioned by Epstein) still promote the liberal arts through their rigorous core curriculums: Thomas Aquinas College (which offers one degree: B.A. in the liberal arts), the University of Dallas, and Calvin College all deserve mentions.

It motivated a change in public school curriculum during the 1950s and beyond toward science, mathematics and engineering at the expense of history, communication skills and the liberal arts.

Its liberal arts heavy curriculum is being phased in first at the kindergarten and first grade levels.

The Animal Behavior, Ecology and Conservation Program at Canisius (ABEC) combines the rigorous scientific study of Animal Behavior with a values - focused curriculum in the liberal arts tradition.

«Essentially, the students are reaping the benefits of a liberal arts education — small class size, general education curriculum, high contact with professors and a residential campus,» says Graham Miller, a second - year graduate student in education and the report's first author.

April 21 — Art: The School of Visual Arts is inviting participants in its 1995 National Conference on Liberal Arts and the Education of Artists, to be held in New York City Oct. 18 - 21, to submit proposals for open sessions on the following topics: Whither the Arts — The Right, the Left, and the (Dead) Center; Art and Regionalism; Government Funding of the Arts: Pro and Con; Politics and Graphic Design; Politics and the Studio Curriculum; New Challenges to Multiculturalism; Public Television: Yes or No?

Chief among our core elements are: our college - prep curriculum in the liberal arts and sciences that fosters in students the desire and capacity to learn independently, think critically, and communicate proficiently; our supportive school culture in which students are given tools to develop character, gain confidence in their ability to learn, take responsibility for their own learning, and both support and feel supported by the entire community; and a strong co-curricular program in athletics, performing arts, and a host of after - school clubs that pique and develop students» interests.

At Alverno, we embed complex assessments in both liberal arts and teacher - education curricula.

At most Bard locations, students essentially complete ninth and 10th grade and then transition to a two - year, tuition - free college curriculum in the liberal arts and sciences.

By offering a classical liberal arts curriculum, Great Hearts not only cultivates the hearts and minds of students in the pursuit of Truth, Beauty and Goodness, but also graduates great - hearted leaders prepared for success at the top colleges and universities worldwide.

By offering a classical liberal arts curriculum, Great Hearts cultivates the hearts and minds of students in the pursuit of Truth, Beauty and Goodness.

With a curriculum built upon a classical liberal arts tradition and a revolutionary approach to school itself, Great Hearts cultivates the hearts and minds of students in the pursuit of Truth, Goodness and Beauty.

Though we must certainly strive to close racial achievement gaps in mathematics and reading, we run the risk of substituting one form of inequity for another, ultimately denying our most vulnerable students the full liberal arts curriculum our most privileged youth receive almost as a matter of course.

The Soka University of America, which opened in 2001, in Orange County California offers a liberal arts undergraduate curriculum.

If the answer is yes, which I believe is the correct one, then a curriculum with a solid foundation in the liberal arts is the best one, even for those students who have chosen a pathway to an industry certificate in a particular trade or a college pathway, whether in the liberal arts or science, technology, engineering, and mathematics.

In pursuit of these virtues, our Special Education teams develop a program for each eligible student that maximizes access to the liberal arts curriculum through small - group or one - on - one instruction, both inside and outside of the regular classroom during the school day.

Great Hearts has grown to become a leader in public charter education by providing a Classical liberal arts curriculum.

Currently, there are 20 online degrees and professional certifications available including their online doctorate in curriculum and instruction, online master's in educational leadership, and online bachelor's in the liberal arts.

Founded on the belief that the opportunities for critical inquiry offered by the best colleges in the country should be available to younger students who have the ambition to learn, BECNO offers 11th - and 12th - graders in New Orleans a tuition - free, immersive liberal arts curriculum.

The Cooper Union is committed to the principle that an education in the liberal arts provides the ethical, social and humanistic framework crucial to personal development and professional excellence; thus, all students in the first two years take a core curriculum of required courses in the humanities and social sciences.

an arts and media college committed to a rigorous liberal arts curriculum, COLUMBIA is dedicated to opportunity and excellence in higher education.

In 1949 several leading faculty members left the college over divergent opinions on the direction of the school's curriculum, the Alberses and Dreier (who wanted a focused arts curriculum versus a broader liberal arts one) among them.

This full - immersion, credit - bearing semester in green building and design complements architecture, building science, engineering, and environmental design majors and has wide application in liberal arts curricula.

From liberal arts to the sciences, NWEI programs can be incorporated into existing curriculum to enable students to uncover core concepts in sustainability as they achieve broader learning objectives.