![]() ![]() Rick: Some critics have argued that Great Hearts’ value-based, classical model isn’t a good fit for all students. It excludes screen time and pop culture, on the supposition that students are now immersed in an overabundance of those things outside of the school day. It includes the Great Books, the best of what has been thought and written for millennia, Socratic pedagogy grounded in conversation, and a culture of friendship. ![]() Jay: Great Hearts academy life is simple to understand in terms of what it includes and what it excludes. Rick: Can you talk a bit about what it takes to make that kind of curricular model work? Our school model features a rich liberal arts curriculum and a culture that fosters friendship, marked by a common love of the true, the good, and the beautiful. We long and educate for a more philosophical, humane, and just society, but we consider this work as apart from the controversies of the day or the continuous political and polemical theater. ![]() Jay: Great Hearts academies are grounded in an ethos of education as formation of the virtuous human person, not only in knowledge and intellect but also of the heart and character. Rick: So, Jay, what is a Great Hearts Academy? What makes it distinctive? At a time when there’s a lot of interest in classic liberal arts school models, and with Great Hearts seeking to expand its offerings via pre-K and online offerings, it seemed like a good time to chat about their work with CEO Jay Heiler, who’s been on the board of Great Hearts since its founding and spent more than a decade as chair of the Arizona Charter Schools Association. Today, it operates 33 classical K-12 schools serving more than 25,000 students in Arizona and Texas. Great Hearts Academy launched, in 2001, with 130 students. ![]()
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