NYC private schools such as The Dalton School focus keenly on their diverse student body and history of progressive academic excellence.
The Dalton School is an elite NYC private school located in Manhattan and is a member of the NAIS, ISAAGNY and Ivy League Prep School associations. It is a nonsectarian, co-educational day school serving children in kindergarten through 12th grade.
Dalton school has a student body of around 1400 and the student teacher ratio is about 1:8, with an average of 7 hours of classroom time a day. The Dalton School’s calendar is 174 days vs. the 180 in public schools.
The Dalton School’s program states that:
The Dalton School’s objective is to be committed to providing an education of excellence that meets each student’s interests, abilities and needs within a common curricular framework and reflects and promotes an understanding of, and appreciation for, diversity in our community as an integral part of school life. As a progressive school guided by the Dalton Plan, we are an intentionally diverse community committed to a tradition of life-long learning and educational innovation.
The focus on the academic philosophy called “The Dalton Plan” has its own unique history. The Dalton Plan was inspired by at the turn of the century by educational thinkers such as John Dewey, who began to envision a new, progressive, American approach to education. Helen Parkhurst is a particular educator who embraced this spirit of change and created the Dalton Plan.
Helen Parkhurst’s objectives were:
1. Tailor each student’s program to his or her needs, interests, and abilities
2. Promote both independence and dependability/responsibility
3. Enhance the student’s social skills and sense of responsibility toward other
NYC Private Schools such as The Dalton School provide excellence in education.
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