Great Hearts Academies
Education Administration ProgramsArizona, United States11-50 Employees
Great Hearts Academies operates within the education administration sector, running a state-chartered public school that emphasizes a liberal arts education grounded in Western literary and philosophical traditions. The Glendale Preparatory Academy curriculum spans seven years and culminates in a four-year sequence of Humane Letters seminars, where students read and discuss classic works from Plato to Dostoyevsky, guiding the pursuit of wisdom, virtue, and truth. Based in Peoria, Arizona, the organization serves students in a setting designed to foster character and rigorous intellectual inquiry. Its approach targets families seeking a college-preparatory, humanities-focused education within a public school framework, and it positions itself among other private-like public institutions and college-preparatory schools in the regional education landscape. The company is part of a network of similarly aligned academies under the Great Hearts umbrella, reflecting a broader commitment to a classical, humanistic curriculum in public education.