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Progressive Education"The child is the starting point, the center, and the end. Subject matter never can be got into the child from without. Learning is active. It involves reaching out of the mind.” John Dewey Our curriculum and teaching methods embrace the values of progressive education and the strong scientific evidence that children learn best through active, experiential learning. Our program is designed to provide context and experiences that will expand, develop, and challenge a student’s thinking, understanding, and knowledge. Built into the curriculum are many opportunities for children to ask questions, research answers, and experience the consequences of choice. We address the whole child and give consideration to how a child grows intellectually, creatively, emotionally, socially, morally, and physically. Our practice is informed by child development. We understand that children perceive the world in different ways at various points in their development. In order to effectively support learning, we must begin with an understanding of the child’s reality. Our robust professional development program enables faculty to regularly incorporate new research about teaching and learning into their classrooms. We are a learning community that fosters love of learning, enthusiasm for meaningful work, and creative and critical thinking. We emphasize compassion, empathy, and respect as essential in shaping the civic leaders of tomorrow.
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