List_of_democratic_schools Knowpia

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 edit

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 edit

Escola Lumiar (São Paulo)

Canada edit

ALPHA Alternative School (Toronto)
Rochdale College (Toronto) (closed)
SEED Alternative School (Toronto)

Germany edit

Neue Schule Hamburg

India edit

Walden's Path (Hyderabad)

Israel edit

Democratic School of Hadera (Hadera)

New Zealand edit

Auckland Metropolitan College, Mt. Eden, Auckland--(closed December 2001^[1])
Ao Tawhiti Unlimited Discovery, Christchurch (This is NOT a democratic school but it is a special character school. Their educational principles are very democratic, but they still have grades, exams and a curriculum. The difference between a traditional and Ao Tawhiti school is that kids at Ao Tawhiti school choose the subjects they want to attend.)
Tamariki School, Christchurch

Portugal edit

Escola da Ponte (Vila Das AVES)

United Kingdom edit

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)

United States edit

California

Deep Springs College (Deep Springs)

Illinois

Shimer College (Chicago)^[2]

Maine

Liberty School (Blue Hill, Maine)

Maryland

Fairhaven School (Upper Marlboro)

Massachusetts

The Group School, Cambridge, Massachusetts
Mission Hill School (Closed)
Sudbury Valley School (Framingham)
Warehouse Cooperative School

New York

Brooklyn Free School, Brooklyn, f. 2004^[3]^[4]
Albany Free School (Albany)
Lehman Alternative Community School (Ithaca)

North Carolina

Arthur Morgan School (Burnsville)

Ohio

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)
Three Rivers Village School (Pittsburgh)
Upattinas School and Resource Center (Glenmoore) (closed)

Vermont

Goddard College (Plainfield)

Virginia

The New School of Northern Virginia (Fairfax)

Washington

The Clearwater School (Bothell)
Goddard College (Port Washington and Seattle)

West Virginia

The Highland School (Highland)

References edit

^ "Daring to be different: The rise and fall of Auckland Metropolitan College". March 25, 2004. Archived from the original on March 25, 2004.
^ "The Shimer College Assembly". Blog.shimer.edu. 2010-02-08. Archived from the original on 2012-05-17. Retrieved 2012-09-22.
^ Gell, Aaron (May 7, 2006). "Land of the Free". The New York Times. Archived from the original on November 26, 2015. Retrieved December 7, 2013.
^ 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 13, 2013. Retrieved December 7, 2013.

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