/liberal-arts Liberal Arts en-US 2021 (c) Education Week Sat, 31 Oct 2020 00:48:31 GMT /teaching-learning/opinion-we-dont-know-who-won-the-election-but-i-know-what-ill-say-to-my-class-today/2020/10 My post-election lesson plan includes addressing both students’ social-emotional needs and the Compromise of 1877, writes teacher Chris Dier. Sat, 31 Oct 2020 00:48:31 GMT /teaching-learning/opinion-we-dont-know-who-won-the-election-but-i-know-what-ill-say-to-my-class-today/2020/10 /education/opinion-pennsylvania-charter-emphasizes-liberal-arts-for-success/2016/10 Renaissance Academy is a K-12 public charter school in Phoenixville, Pa. that focuses on liberal arts to prepare students for college. Wed, 19 Oct 2016 12:00:00 GMT /education/opinion-pennsylvania-charter-emphasizes-liberal-arts-for-success/2016/10 /leadership/opinion-what-does-it-mean-to-be-an-educated-person-today/2015/10 Has our definition of being an educated person kept pace with today's fast-changing world? Marc Tucker argues it's time to reopen the question. Thu, 08 Oct 2015 10:18:19 GMT /leadership/opinion-what-does-it-mean-to-be-an-educated-person-today/2015/10 /teaching-learning/opinion-the-t-shaped-curriculum-liberal-arts-technical-education-or-both/2015/06 In this blog Marc explains why strong technical skills alone are not enough for students who will enter today's rapidly changing workforce. Now, more than ever, students need a solid education in the liberal arts. Thu, 18 Jun 2015 13:30:20 GMT /teaching-learning/opinion-the-t-shaped-curriculum-liberal-arts-technical-education-or-both/2015/06 /policy-politics/are-stem-and-liberal-arts-at-odds/2015/03 Is the country too narrowly focused on science, technology, engineering, and math? Tue, 31 Mar 2015 13:06:05 GMT /policy-politics/are-stem-and-liberal-arts-at-odds/2015/03 /teaching-learning/a-graham-down-liberal-arts-advocate-dies-at-85/2014/09 A. Graham Down, who served as executive director and president of the Council for Basic Education from 1974 to 1994, died on Aug. 30. Thu, 04 Sep 2014 16:29:23 GMT /teaching-learning/a-graham-down-liberal-arts-advocate-dies-at-85/2014/09 /teaching-learning/opinion-paul-horton-will-liberal-arts-be-saved-by-the-common-core/2014/02 Not much here for those who are seeing their courses and jobs cut. There seems to be a central message here: follow the Common Core like the yellow-brick road or there might not be any funding for the humanities. Wed, 19 Feb 2014 17:04:56 GMT /teaching-learning/opinion-paul-horton-will-liberal-arts-be-saved-by-the-common-core/2014/02 /teaching-learning/study-highlights-value-of-liberal-arts-major/2014/01 A new study supports the value of a liberal arts education over time, countering some of the claims that science, math, engineering, and technology are the most lucrative career paths. Wed, 29 Jan 2014 02:56:02 GMT /teaching-learning/study-highlights-value-of-liberal-arts-major/2014/01 /leadership/study-showing-value-of-liberal-arts-education-counters-skeptics/2014/01 Over time, liberal arts majors close the employment and salary gap, according to a new report. Wed, 22 Jan 2014 17:07:15 GMT /leadership/study-showing-value-of-liberal-arts-education-counters-skeptics/2014/01 /teaching-learning/opinion-in-praise-of-those-liberal-arts/2013/08 Everywhere we look these days, people are stressing the same educational path - STEM STEM STEM! Perhaps they are not wrong, but let's take a second to examine the virtues of a liberal arts learning experience. Wed, 14 Aug 2013 15:38:24 GMT /teaching-learning/opinion-in-praise-of-those-liberal-arts/2013/08 /teaching-learning/liberal-arts-education-valued-by-employers-survey-finds/2013/04 Employers are looking for new hires with a broad range of skills and innovation, according to a new survey. Wed, 10 Apr 2013 16:34:56 GMT /teaching-learning/liberal-arts-education-valued-by-employers-survey-finds/2013/04 /education/parents-lack-faith-in-liberal-arts-degree-survey-finds/2013/03 A new parent survey by Gallup and Insider Higher Ed shows increasing concern over costs and general liberal arts education. Wed, 20 Mar 2013 15:26:16 GMT /education/parents-lack-faith-in-liberal-arts-degree-survey-finds/2013/03 /policy-politics/opinion-high-school-a-new-home-for-the-liberal-arts-curriculum/2012/07 Marc Tucker argues that the liberal arts curriculum, although less popular today than it used to be, still has a place in today's education system. Tue, 10 Jul 2012 19:55:23 GMT /policy-politics/opinion-high-school-a-new-home-for-the-liberal-arts-curriculum/2012/07 /education/opinion-technology-mastery-for-liberal-arts-thank-you-steve-jobs/2011/10 In a 1996 interview with Terry Gross from National Public Radio (NPR), Steve Jobs highlighted his philosophy of "Computer Science Is A Liberal Art" that, in hindsight, would by followed by over a decade of innovative products that made technology easily accessible for millions of people. Thu, 06 Oct 2011 23:12:36 GMT /education/opinion-technology-mastery-for-liberal-arts-thank-you-steve-jobs/2011/10 /teaching-learning/opinion-are-advanced-placement-courses-diminishing-liberal-arts-education/2008/08 AP preparation is overrated and may diminish, rather than advance, the deeper objectives of a liberal arts education, says UCLA senior lecturer Paul Von Blum. Fri, 29 Aug 2008 23:40:33 GMT /teaching-learning/opinion-are-advanced-placement-courses-diminishing-liberal-arts-education/2008/08 /policy-politics/new-group-formed-to-promote-liberal-arts-curriculum/2008/02 American high schoolers earned a D for their knowledge of history and literature on a recent survey. Thu, 28 Feb 2008 02:32:41 GMT /policy-politics/new-group-formed-to-promote-liberal-arts-curriculum/2008/02 /education/common-core-seeks-to-rescue-liberal-arts/2008/02 The debate over whether NCLB has narrowed schools' curricula has a new player—a group called Common Core. Tue, 26 Feb 2008 16:56:19 GMT /education/common-core-seeks-to-rescue-liberal-arts/2008/02 /teaching-learning/principals-poll-shows-erosion-of-liberal-arts-curriculum/2004/03 A comprehensive curriculum is moving out of reach for more of the nation's pupils as elementary schools turn greater attention to the subjects states are required to test under the No Child Left Behind Act, warns a new report. Wed, 17 Mar 2004 15:00:00 GMT /teaching-learning/principals-poll-shows-erosion-of-liberal-arts-curriculum/2004/03 /teaching-learning/honor-societies-form-alliance-to-bolster-liberal-arts-education/2001/05 Three prominent academic-honor societies for high school and college students are banding together to improve liberal arts education and to counter what the organizations' leaders say is a growing public perception that technology-centered skills are of more value than studies in the traditional disciplines. Wed, 02 May 2001 14:00:00 GMT /teaching-learning/honor-societies-form-alliance-to-bolster-liberal-arts-education/2001/05 /education/mix-of-liberal-arts-pedagogy-is-urged-for-teachers/1989/12 The inadequacies of courses that combine pedagogy and the liberal arts and sciences are the "weakest link" in teacher-training programs, according to the first report to emerge from an unusual collaboration between education schools and other college departments. Wed, 13 Dec 1989 15:00:00 GMT /education/mix-of-liberal-arts-pedagogy-is-urged-for-teachers/1989/12 /education/liberal-arts-collaboration-seen-very-long-process/1989/02 Both liberal-arts professors and teacher educators are being pressured to make reforms in what and how they teach. But getting the two groups to collaborate has been an uphill battle, participants said here at the Holmes Group's third annual meeting. Wed, 08 Feb 1989 15:00:00 GMT /education/liberal-arts-collaboration-seen-very-long-process/1989/02 /education/opinion-martin-luther-king-and-the-liberal-arts/1986/01 In his landmark "Letter From Birmingham Jail," the man whose memory we honor today, Martin Luther King, distinguished between a just and an unjust law. Wed, 22 Jan 1986 20:49:43 GMT /education/opinion-martin-luther-king-and-the-liberal-arts/1986/01 /education/decline-of-liberal-arts-lamented-at-counselors-meeting/1984/10 Boston--Concern over a general decline in liberal-arts education marked several keynote addresses delivered here last week at the 40th annual meeting of the National Association of College Admissions Counselors. Wed, 10 Oct 1984 14:00:00 GMT /education/decline-of-liberal-arts-lamented-at-counselors-meeting/1984/10 /education/u-of-tennessee-starts-institute-to-encourage-liberal-arts-study/1982/12 In an effort to enhance the quality of its applicants and the quality of education in the region it serves, the University of Tennessee at Knoxville is establishing an institute that will advance liberal-arts programs in Appalachian high schools. The James R. Stokely Institute, supported by a $280,000 grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, is a three-year program that will develop summer seminars for high-school teachers and students from 34 counties in East Tennessee, Kentucky, North Carolina, and Virginia. Wed, 22 Dec 1982 15:00:00 GMT /education/u-of-tennessee-starts-institute-to-encourage-liberal-arts-study/1982/12 /education/n-j-moves-to-upgrade-admissions-standards-stress-liberal-arts/1982/03 New Jersey has joined the growing number of states that have moved to tighten their undergraduate teacher-preparation standards. The state's board of education recently endorsed tougher admissions and graduation requirements for teacher-training programs. The standards were passed in February by the state's higher-education board. Liberal Arts Emphasis Wed, 24 Mar 1982 15:00:00 GMT /education/n-j-moves-to-upgrade-admissions-standards-stress-liberal-arts/1982/03