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
editNew South Wales:
- Currambena School Lane Cove, Sydney NSW
Queensland:
- Brisbane Independent School Pullenvale, Brisbane QLD
Victoria:
- Alia College Hawthorn East, Melbourne VIC
- Preshil Kew, Melbourne VIC
Brazil
edit- Escola Lumiar (São Paulo)
Canada
edit- ALPHA Alternative School (Toronto)
- Rochdale College (Toronto) (closed)
- SEED Alternative School (Toronto)
Germany
editIndia
edit- Walden's Path (Hyderabad)
Israel
edit- Democratic School of Hadera (Hadera)
New Zealand
edit- Auckland Metropolitan College, Mount Eden, Auckland (closed December 2001)[1]
- Ao Tawhiti Unlimited Discovery, Central Christchurch (It 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 students at Ao Tawhiti school choose the classes they attend.)[citation needed]
- Tamariki School, Woolston, Christchurch
Portugal
edit- Escola da Ponte (Vila Das AVES)
United Kingdom
editCurrently open:
- Sands School (Ashburton, Devon)
- Summerhill School (Leiston, Suffolk)
Former democratic schools now closed:
- Dartington Hall School (Devon)
- The Family School (SW London)
- 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)
United States
editCalifornia
- Deep Springs College (Deep Springs)
Illinois
- Shimer College (Chicago)[2]
Indiana
Maine
Maryland
Massachusetts
- The Group School, Cambridge, Massachusetts
- Mission Hill School (Closed)
- Sudbury Valley School (Framingham)
- Warehouse Cooperative School
New York
- Albany Free School (Albany)
- Brooklyn Free School, Brooklyn, f. 2004[4][5]
- Lehman Alternative Community School (Ithaca)
North Carolina
- Arthur Morgan School (Burnsville)
Ohio
Oregon
- Adams High School (Portland) (closed)
- Village Free School (Portland)
Pennsylvania
- The Circle School (Harrisburg)
- The Delta Program, a program within State College Area High School (State College)
- Philadelphia Free School
- 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)
See also
edit
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.
- ^ "21st Century Democratic Schooling: A Critical Ethnographic Study of Harmony School".
- ^ 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.
Further reading
edit- Leue, Mary M., ed. (2000). Challenging the Giant: The best of [SKOLE], the Journal of Alternative Education. Vol. 4. Down-to-Earth Books. ISBN 1-878115-13-8. OCLC 250561130.