List of democratic schools

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This is a comprehensive list of current and former democratic schools. Most of these were modeled on the Summerhill School, the oldest existing democratic school founded in 1921. This list also includes sub-branches of democratic schools such as Sudbury schools inspired by the Sudbury Valley School and certain anarchistic free school that align with the broad principles of democratic education.

Contents

[edit] Argentina

[edit] Australia

ACT:

New South Wales:

Queensland:

South Australia:

Tasmania:

Victoria:

Western Australia:

[edit] Austria

  • Die Hupfauer (Monchdorf)
  • SchuelerInnenschule im Wuk (Vienna)
  • Schulkollektiv Wien Wuk (Vienna)

[edit] Belgium

[edit] Brazil

  • Baniwa School Coripaco Pamáali
  • Centro Integrado de Educação de Jovens e Adultos do Campo Limpo (CIEJA) (São Paulo)
  • Cidade Escola Aprendiz (São Paulo)
  • Escola de Educação Infantil e Ensino Fundamental Teia Multicultural (São Paulo)
  • Escola Lumiar (São Paulo)
  • Escola Politéia (São Paulo)
  • Tuyuka School
  • Instituto Helena Lubienska/Recanto

[edit] Canada

  • Agate Private School (London)
  • ALPHA Alternative School (Toronto)
  • Alternative High School (Calgary)
  • Fairfield School (Wolfville)--(closed August 2007[1])
  • Indigo Sudbury Campus (South Edmonton)
  • The Village Garden School (Kingston)
  • Voyage Learning Community (Calgary)--(opening September 2011)
  • Windsor House School (North Vancouver)
  • Wondertree Learning Center (Vancouver)

[edit] Colombia

  • Colegio Bilingue Jorge Emilio Gutierrez (Bogota

[edit] Costa Rica

  • Summerhill Latinoamericano

[edit] Denmark

[edit] Finland

  • Feeniks-Koulu (Järvenpää)

[edit] France

  • Lycee Autogere De Paris (Paris)
  • Lycee Experimental (Saint Nazaire)

[edit] Germany

For a detailed list of democratic schools in Germany check out here.

[edit] Hungary

  • Carl Rogers Person-Centered School (Budapest)

[edit] India

  • Abacus Montessori School (Chennai)
  • Butterflies Program for Street and Working Children (New Delhi)

[edit] Indonesia

  • KBKPM (Komunitas Belajar Kampung Pingin Maju) (Kap. Jepara)

[edit] Israel

  • Keshet (Zikhorn Ya'akov)
  • Democrati Lev Hasharon (Lev Hasharon)
  • Democratic School of Hadera (Hadera)
  • The Democratic School of Kfar Sava (Kfar-Sava)
  • The Democratic School of Ono Valley (Kiryat-Ono)
  • Dolfin (Eilat)
  • Eynot-Yarden (Upper Galilee)
  • Givol Democratic School in Givat Olga (Hadera)
  • Hashita (Rehovot)
  • Hod Hasharon Democratic School (Hod Hasharon)
  • Jerusalem Sudbury School (Jerusalem)
  • Kanaf Democratic School (Ramat Ha'Golan)
  • Kedem - The Democratic School in Arad (Arad)
  • Kehila - Democratic School in Tel Aviv (Tel Aviv)
  • The Keshet School (Zichron Yaakov)
  • Kfar Kera Democratic School (Kfar Kera)
  • Korczak Democratic School of Holon (Holon)
  • Meitar (Kibbutz Beit Oren)
  • Merchav (Ra'anana)
  • Nadav - The Modi'in Democratic School (Modi'in)
  • The Open Democratic School Jaffa (Tel Aviv)
  • Shachaf Democratic School (Shoham)
  • Shalem (Upper Galilee)
  • Shvilim (Pardes Hanna)
  • Tefen Experimental School (Tefen Industrial State)
  • Yafa - The Arab Democratic School (Jaffa)
  • Ziv-Kishurit (Kibbutz Kishor)

[edit] Japan

  • Democraticshool Makkuro-Kurosuke (Kanzakigun)
  • Democratic School Sola (Nishinomiya City)
  • Global Community School (Takasago City)
  • Kinokuni Children's Village (Hashimoto-shi)
  • Terakoya Houjousya (Aizuwakamatsu Fukushima)
  • Tokyo Shure (Tokyo)
  • Shure University(Tokyo)[1]
  • Okinawa Sudbury School (Ginowan City, Okinawa-ken)

[edit] Nepal

  • Sri Aurobindo Yoga Mandir (Kathmandu)

[edit] Netherlands

[edit] New Zealand

[edit] Norway

[edit] Peru

[edit] Poland

  • ASSA (Wroclaw)

[edit] Portugal

[edit] Russia

  • Kluch School (Moscow)
  • Moscow International Film School (Moscow)
  • School for Self-Determination (Moscow)

[edit] South Korea

[edit] Spain

[edit] Thailand

  • Moo Baan Dek (Siam)
  • Whispering Seed (Kanchanaburi)

[edit] Ukraine

[edit] United Kingdom

[edit] United States of America

Alabama

  • Marietta Johnson School of Organic Education (Fairhope)

Alaska

  • School Within a School (East Anchorage High School) (Anchorage)
  • Stellar Secondary School (Anchorage)

Arizona

California

  • Cedarwood Sudbury School (Santa Clara) (closed in 2009)
  • Diablo Valley School (Concord)
  • Deep Springs College (Deep Springs)
  • Global Village School (Ojai)
  • Manzanita School (San Luis Obispo) (no longer in operation)
  • Play Mountain Place (Los Angeles)
  • Sacramento Valley School (Sacramento)
  • Wildcat Community FreeSchool (Richmond)

Colorado

  • The Living School (Boulder)
  • Boulder Valley Community Open School (Boulder)
  • Alpine Valley School (Wheat Ridge)
  • Eagle Rock School (Estes Park)
  • Jefferson County Open School (Lakewood)
  • The Patchwork School (Louisville)

Connecticut

  • Mountain Laurel Sudbury School (New Britain)

Delaware

  • The New School (Newark)

Florida

  • Grassroots School (Tallahassee)
  • SAIL High School (Tallahassee)
  • School Without Walls (Live Oak)
  • Spring Valley School (Palm Harbor)
  • Stonesoup School (Crescent City)

Georgia

Hawaii

Illinois

Indiana

  • Harmony Education Center (Bloomington)

Maine

  • The Community School (Camden)
  • The Discovery School (Lewiston)
  • The New School (Kennebunk)
  • River School (Belfast)
  • School Around Us (Arundel)

Maryland

Massachusetts

  • Balance Rock Center (Jefferson)
  • School Within a School (Brookline High School) (Brookline)
  • Stone Soup School (Worcester)
  • Sudbury Valley School (Framingham)

Michigan

Minnesota

  • Second Foundation School (Minneapolis)

New Hampshire

  • Ashuelot River Free School (Winchester)
  • The Community School (South Tamworth)
  • Hanover High School (Hanover)
  • The Meeting School (Rindge)
  • Woodland Community School (Bethlehem)

New Jersey

  • Bergen Sudbury Free School (Under Development)
  • Emerson Lily Free School (Stanhope)
  • The Teddy McArdle Free School (closed)
  • Voyagers Community School (Colts Neck)
  • Wellspring Community School (Gladstone)

New Mexico

New York

North Carolina

  • Arthur Morgan School (Burnsville)
  • Katuah Sudbury School (Fletcher)
  • Raleigh Progressive School and Learning Center (Raleigh)

Ohio

Oregon

Pennsylvania

Puerto Rico

  • Casa Sudbury (Cidra)
  • Espacio A (San Juan)
  • Nuestra Escuela (Caguas)

Rhode Island

  • The Metropolitan Regional Career and Technical Center (Providence)

Tennessee

  • The Farm School (Summertown)
  • Laurel High School (Knoxville)

Texas

  • The Real School AKA Dragon Valley (Houston)

Utah

  • Sego Lily School (Salt Lake City)

Vermont

  • Red Cedar School (Bristol)

Virginia

Washington

  • The Clearwater School (Bothell)
  • Puget Sound Community School (Seattle)
  • The Trillium School (Indianola)
  • Rising Tide School (Olympia)

West Virginia

Wisconsin

  • The Young Women's Institute for Global Studies (Milwaukee)

[edit] See also

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[edit] References

  1. ^ http://www.novanewsnow.com/article-134708-Fairfield-School-closes.html
  2. ^ http://www.nzcer.org.nz/default.php?products_id=554
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