List of democratic schools

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)^[1]
The Keshet School (Zichron Yaakov)^[2]

Japan

Kinokuni Children's Village (error: {{nihongo}}: Japanese or romaji text required (help)), Wakayama Prefecture, f. 1992^[3]

New Zealand

Auckland Metropolitan College, Mt. Eden, Auckland--(closed December 2001^[4])
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)^[5]
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^[6]

New York

Brooklyn Free School, Brooklyn, f. 2004^[7]^[8]
Albany Free School (Albany)
Fifteenth Street School, (Manhattan), (associated with Orson Bean) f. 1964 ^[7] (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)

References

^ "מקום לגדול - גן ובית ספר דמוקרטי בכפר הירוק". Makomligdol.org.il. Retrieved 2017-02-27.
^ Etiel, Yoav (23 January 2007). "Keshet, The Democratic School in Zichron Yaacov". 30900.com/eng/. BarEl Properties. Archived from the original on 2 November 2014. Retrieved 2 November 2014. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
^ Leue 2000, p. 65.
^ [1]
^ "The Shimer College Assembly". Blog.shimer.edu. 2010-02-08. Archived from the original on 2012-05-17. Retrieved 2012-09-22. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
^ Franks, Lucinda; Powers, Thomas (September 17, 1970). "Diana Oughton Was Embittered by Establishment". Times-News. Vol. 95, no. 215. United Press International.
^ ^a ^b Gell, Aaron (May 7, 2006). "Land of the Free". The New York Times. Archived from the original on December 7, 2013. Retrieved December 7, 2013. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
^ Kavner, Lucas (November 30, 2012). "At Brooklyn Free School, A Movement Reborn With Liberty And No Testing For All". The Huffington Post. AOL. Archived from the original on December 7, 2013. Retrieved December 7, 2013. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)

External links

[1] "מקום לגדול - גן ובית ספר דמוקרטי בכפר הירוק". Makomligdol.org.il. Retrieved 2017-02-27.

[2] Etiel, Yoav (23 January 2007). "Keshet, The Democratic School in Zichron Yaacov". 30900.com/eng/. BarEl Properties. Archived from the original on 2 November 2014. Retrieved 2 November 2014. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)

[FOOTNOTELeue200065-3] Leue 2000, p. 65.

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[5] "The Shimer College Assembly". Blog.shimer.edu. 2010-02-08. Archived from the original on 2012-05-17. Retrieved 2012-09-22. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)

[Times-News_1970-6] Franks, Lucinda; Powers, Thomas (September 17, 1970). "Diana Oughton Was Embittered by Establishment". Times-News. Vol. 95, no. 215. United Press International.

[NYT_Brooklyn_Free_School-7] Gell, Aaron (May 7, 2006). "Land of the Free". The New York Times. Archived from the original on December 7, 2013. Retrieved December 7, 2013. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)

[HuffPo:_BFS_2012-8] Kavner, Lucas (November 30, 2012). "At Brooklyn Free School, A Movement Reborn With Liberty And No Testing For All". The Huffington Post. AOL. Archived from the original on December 7, 2013. Retrieved December 7, 2013. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)

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v t e Democratic free schools
United States and Canada	Albany Free School ALPHA Alternative School Arthur Morgan School Brooklyn Free School The Circle School The Clearwater School Fairhaven School The Highland School Lehman Alternative Community School Mission Hill School Philadelphia Free School SEED Alternative School The Sphere College Project Sudbury Valley School Village Free School
Colleges	Antioch College Deep Springs College Shimer Great Books School
Australia and New Zealand	Currambena School Brisbane Independent School Tamariki School
Israel	Democratic School of Hadera
Europe	Escola da Ponte Sands School Summerhill School Neue Schule Hamburg
Closed	Auckland Metropolitan College The Beach School Dartington Hall School The Family School Free School of Evanston Houston Sudbury School Kilquhanity School Kirkdale School Malting House School Rochdale College Rowen House School Scotland Road Free School The Small School Upattinas School and Resource Center
Related	Homer Lane A. S. Neill Summerhill Free school movement Korczak's orphanages