List of democratic schools

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This is a list of some of the current and former democratic schools around the world. This list also includes sub-branches of democratic schools such as Sudbury schools inspired by the Sudbury Valley School and certain anarchistic free schools that align with the broad principles of democratic education.

Australia

New South Wales:

• Currambena School Lane Cove, Sydney NSW

Victoria:

• Preshil Kew, Melbourne VIC
• Alia College Hawthorn East, Melbourne VIC

Queensland:

• Brisbane Independent School Pullenvale, Brisbane QLD

Brazil

• Escola Lumiar (São Paulo)
• Escola Estadual Campos Salles (São Paulo)

Canada

• ALPHA Alternative School (Toronto)

India

• Walden's Path (Hyderabad)

Israel

• Democratic School of Hadera (Hadera)
• Makom Ligdol - Democratic school in Hakfar Hayarok (Ramat HsSharon)
• The Keshet School (Zichron Yaakov)

Japan

• Kinokuni Children's Village (Kinokuni Kodomo no Mura), Wakayama Prefecture, f. 1992

New Zealand

• Auckland Metropolitan College, Mt. Eden, Auckland--(closed December 2001)
• Ao Tawhiti Unlimited Discovery, Christchurch (needs checking - special character school but not democratic)
• Tamariki School, Christchurch

Portugal

• Escola da Ponte (Vila Das AVES)

United Kingdom

Currently Open

• Sands School (Ashburton, Devon)
• Summerhill School (Leiston, Suffolk)

Former democratic schools now closed

• Dartington Hall School (Devon)
• Kilquhanity School (Kirkcudbright)
• Kirkdale School (SE London)
• Malting House School (Cambridge)
• Rowen House School (Belper)
• Risinghill School (London)
• Scotland Road Free School (Liverpool)
• The Small School (Hartland, Devon)
• The Family School (SW London)
• Small Acres School (London)

United States

California

• Deep Springs College (Deep Springs)

Illinois

• Shimer College (Chicago)
• Chicago Free School

Maine

• Liberty School (Blue Hill, Maine)

Maryland

• Fairhaven School (Upper Marlboro)

Massachusetts

• Mission Hill School
• Sudbury Valley School (Framingham)

Michigan

• Children's Community School, Ann Arbor, (associated with Bill Ayers) c. 1968

New York

• Brooklyn Free School, Brooklyn, f. 2004
• Albany Free School (Albany)
• Fifteenth Street School, (Manhattan), (associated with Orson Bean) f. 1964 (closed)
• Lehman Alternative Community School (Ithaca)

North Carolina

• Arthur Morgan School (Burnsville)

Ohio

• Antioch College

Oregon

• Village Free School (Portland)
• Adams High School (Portland) (closed)

Pennsylvania

• The Circle School (Harrisburg)
• The Delta Program, a program within State College Area High School (State College)
• Philadelphia Free School
• The Sphere College Project (Phoenixville)
• Upattinas School and Resource Center (Glenmoore) (closed)

Virginia

• The New School of Northern Virginia (Fairfax)

Washington

• The Clearwater School (Bothell)

West Virginia

• The Highland School (Highland)

See also

• Democratic education
• List of Sudbury schools
• Collaborative learning
• Constructionist learning
• Rouge Forum
• Lists of schools
• List of Montessori schools

Further reading

Leue, Mary M., ed. (2000). Challenging the Giant: The best of [SKOLE], the Journal of Alternative Education. 4. Down-to-Earth Books. ISBN 1-878115-13-8. OCLC 250561130.

External links

• List of Democratic Schools (Alternative Education Resource Organization
• The Directory of Democratic Education (ISBN 0974525227)
• IDE Network