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Ridgeview Ranked #15 High School in Nation!

US News and World Report ranked Ridgeview Classical Schools' High School as 15th in the country, 4th US charter school, and 4th open-enrollment high school in the nation. The magazine analyzed 21,069 public high schools in 48 states using data from the 2006-2007 school year. More Information.

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US News - Top Charter Schools
US News - Top Open-Enrollment Schools
US News - Best High Schools: Gold Medal List
Coloradoan Article - December 6, 2008

About Ridgeview Classical Schools

Contact Ridgeview (Contact information, maps, office hours, etc.)

Principal's Perspective
     The Physics of Education
     Goldilocks' Homework
     Sitting Down to Read
     School of the Free
     Power to the Parents
     Listening to Our Elders
     The Common Purpose
     Review of E.D. Hirsch's The Making of Americans
     Education Without a Purpose

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More Info - Elementary
More Info - High School

School Handbook (2007-2008)

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     Recharter Letter to Parents
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Ridgeview's Philosophy

     Core Knowledge:
          What is Core Knowledge?
          Core Knowledge Foundation (link)
          Cultural Literacy Best for the Young Person’s Mind and the Nation (link)

     Charter Schools:
          What is a Charter School?
          Charter Schools Defined (link)
          "How Much Is Tuition?" (link)
          The Good and the Beautiful and the True (link)

     Classical Education:
          What is Classical Education?
          A Classical Education for Modern Times
          The Classical Trivium Remains the Best Course of Learning (link)
          Schools Must Prepare Youth for the Post-September 11th World (link)

     Why School Reform?
          A Nation Still At Risk (link)
          Still "Stupid in America"
          Need a Middle School Education? Go to College (link)
          A Real High School (link)

     Curriculum:
          See Curriculum Articles

     Character:
          Courage Allows Us to Defend Civilization (link)
          The Twenty-First Century Could Easily Learn From the Eighteenth a Few Lessons in Manners (link)
          Young People Need to Know the True Meaning of Friendship (link)
          The Good and the Beautiful and the True (link)
          A Moral Assignment (link)
          The Consciences of Youth Also Require an Education (link)
          A Return to Chivalry? (link)
          A Real Sex Education Should Be Based in the Humanities (link)

     Philosophy of Hiring:
          The One Economics Job Mr. Greenspan Can’t Have (link)
          Association of Teacher Qualification and Certification is a False One (link)
          A Monopoly on ’Relating to Children’?: Teacher Certification Further Refuted (link)

"The Ridgeview Classical School in Fort Collins has been rated among the top three schools in Colorado since it was founded in 2001. Its success stands as a sharp rebuke to the dominant anti-intellectual pedagogy of most American schools."

E.D. Hirsch, The Making of Americans.

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Fort Collins, CO 80525

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