This is a new and small school, operating exclusively off private funds. Setting up a science or math department is expensive because it takes more lab equipment, computers, software...
My bet is that PHC is focusing on those subjects where so many other schools are producing a particularly objectionable product. Besides, my home educated kids will be half done with two technical degrees by the time they leave for college. That's the standard we should be setting for high school.
I agree. It's better for this university to start off with extremely solid courses in a limited area, then they can expand.
Besides which, responding here to other posts, I respectfully don't think it necessary for a legislator or policymaker to have an extensive background in calculus, physics, statistics and the like. Critical thinking skills would be my main criteria there! The idea that someone can't make sensible financial decisions or evaluate budget decisions on something like NASA without a background in physics or calculus strikes me as elitist. JMHO. It's simply not possible for everyone to specialize in everything and have an extremely extensive college mathematics background at the same time one is specializing in another area. Everyone has different gifts to bring to the table. Would I send my daughter interested in engineering to Patrick Henry? Absolutely not. Would I sent a child interested in political philosophy or journalism there? Absolutely! It sounds like they are developing an excellent program very early out of the box.
With all do respect, the only thing required to teach math is a math teacher.
Lab time, is helpful, but not crucial for teaching physics.
Critical analyses of scientific research require copies of scientific research papers and the educational background to comprehend the method and results.
(Psst...Only public institutions need computers to teach these classes.)
The core curriculum reading list, Malaspina Books, not only includes works by Jane Austin, Aristotle or DaVinci, but it also includes the great discourses of Einstein, Faraday and Newton.
Nonsense. Providing a basic grounding in math and science requires a competent teacher and a few textbooks. PHC's failure to do so is a critical blow to its credibility as an alleged institution of higher learning.