Sentences with phrase «progressive educational philosophy»

Based on these statements, we can categorize the schools roughly into five groups: those that have a child - centered or progressive educational philosophy and typically seek to develop students» love of learning, respect for others, and creativity (29 percent of students); those with a general or traditional educational mission and a focus on students» core skills (28 percent of students); those with a rigorous academic emphasis, which have mission statements that focus almost exclusively on academic goals such as excelling in school and going to college (25 percent of students); those that target a particular population of students, such as low - income students, special needs students, likely dropouts, male students, and female students (11 percent of students); and those in which a certain aspect of the curriculum, such as science or the arts, is paramount (7 percent of students).

TriBeCa parents said previously that they found P.S. 89 and P.S. 276 more appealing than P.S. 130 because they are south of Canal Street and share P.S. 234's progressive educational philosophy.

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At the heart of that irony, and the subject of Left Back, is progressive education, a philosophy of and approach to pedagogy that inspired a host of educational leaders throughout the 20th century.

In this way, the blogosphere seems to mimic real life, where most teachers skew progressive intheir educational philosophy, but policy debate is more evenly balanced.