List of democratic schools

This is a list of some of the current and former democratic schools around the world. 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.

Argentina

• Escuela de la nueva cultura La Cecilia (Kindergarten, Primary, Secondary) - Monte Vera, Santa Fe - www.lacecilia.org.ar

Australia

New South Wales:

• Currambena School Lane Cove, Sydney NSW
• Kinma School Terrey Hills, Sydney NSW
• Korowal School Hazelbrook
• Hawkesbury Independent School Hawkesbury Independent School, Kurrajong
• Vistara School, Lismore Vistara School, Lismore

Queensland:

• Booroobin Community Maleny QLD
• Blackall Range Independent School (Primary - year 12) Kareelpa QLD
• Brisbane Independent School Pullenvale, Brisbane QLD
• Maridahdi Early Childhood Community School Toowoomba QLD
• Pine Community School Arana Hills, Brisbane QLD
• Silkwood School, Mount Nathan

Victoria:

• Hurstbridge Learning Coop (Primary) Hurstbridge, Melbourne VIC
• Sherbrooke Community School (Primary - year 12) Sassafrass, VIC
• Village School Incorporated Croydon North, Melbourne VIC (Primary - year12)
• Daylesford Dharma School, Daylesford
• Maharishi School, Reservoir
• Candlebark, Romsey Author John Marsden Principal and Founder
• Fitzroy Community School, Fitzroy North
• Preshil, Kew
• Koonwarra Village School, Gippsland

Tasmania:

• Friends School, Hobart
• Peregrine, Nicholls Rivulet

Western Australia

• Kids Open Learning School, Maylands

South Australia

• Kirinari Community School, Unley

Australian Capital Territory

• Blue Gum School, Hackett

Secondary Schools

• Big Picture Education Schools-Australia wide
• Collingwood Alternative School

Austria

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

Belgium

• Leerhuis Brussel, (Brussels)
• Sudburyschool Gent, (Gent)
• Pédagogie Nomade, (Limerlé) The school is closed see (French)

Brazil

• Baniwa School Coripaco Pamáali
• Centro Integrado de Educação de Jovens e Adultos do Campo Limpo (CIEJA) (São Paulo)
• Cidade Escola Aprendiz (São Paulo)
• Colégio Nacional (Rio de Janeiro)
• 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

Canada

• Agate Private School (London)
• ALPHA Alternative School (Toronto)
• ALPHA II Alternative School (Toronto)
• Alternative High School (Calgary)
• Fairfield School (Wolfville)--(closed August 2007^[1])
• Indigo Sudbury Campus (South Edmonton) (closed 2009)
• Windsor House School (North Vancouver)
• SelfDesign Learning Foundation formerly Wondertree Learning Center (Vancouver)
• Freewill International Learning Center (Vancouver, online)
• Lakehouse Learning (Mansons Landing, Cortes Island, BC)

Colombia

• Colegio Bilingue Jorge Emilio Gutierrez (Bogota

Costa Rica

• Summerhill Latinoamericano

Denmark

• Bernadotteskolen. Den Internationale Skole i Danmark (Copenhagen)
• Det Frie Gymnasium (Copenhagen)
• Lilleskolernes Sammenslutning
• Roskilde Sudbury Skole (Roskilde)
• Næstved Fri Skole

Ecuador

• Rebeca Wild and the Pesta

Finland

• Feeniks-Koulu (On-Line)

France

• La Ferme des Enfants
• Lycée Autogéré De Paris
• Lycée expérimental de Saint-Nazaire
• Ecole de la Neuville
• La Prairie
• La Croisée des Chemins

Germany

• Demokratische Schule INFINITA (Steinhorst)
• Sudbury Schule Ammersee (Ludenhausen)
• Freie Schule Leipzig (Leipzig)
• Kapriole (Freiburg)
• TING-Schule (Berlin-Pankow)
• Netzwerk-Schule (Berlin-Friedrichshain)
• Demokratische Schule X (Berlin-Heiligensee)
• Freie Schule Frankfurt (Frankfurt)
• Neue Schule Hamburg (Hamburg)
• Freie Aktive Schule Tübingen (Tübingen)
• Freie Schule Untertaunus
• Freie Schule Stuttgart (Stuttgart)
• Freie Aktive Schule auf den Fildern – PIEKS (Leinfelden-Echterdingen)
• Freie Schule Marbach e.V. (Marbach am Neckar)
• Schulwerkstatt - Freie Schule für lebendiges Lernen (Altenriet)
• Freie Aktive Schule in Esslingen - Kinderkosmos (Esslingen)
• Lernwerk e.V. - Freie Aktive Montessorischule (Zuzenhausen)
• Freie Aktive Schule Karlsruhe e. V. (Karlsruhe)
• Freie Schule Spatz - Schule für Erziehungshilfe (Offenburg)

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

India

• Abacus Montessori School (Chennai)
• Butterflies Program for Street and Working Children (New Delhi)
• Neel Bagh School (Bangalore)
• Sumavanam (Andhra Pradesh)
• Aarohi Life Education(Bangalore)

Indonesia

• KBKPM (Komunitas Belajar Kampung Pingin Maju) (Kap. Jepara)
• Erudio School of Art, Jakarta

Israel

• 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)
• Makom Ligdol - Democratic school in Hakfar Hayarok (Ramat HsSharon)^[2]
• The Keshet School (Zichron Yaakov)^[3]
• 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)
• Yeshiva Tichonit Svivatit (Mitzpe Ramon)

Japan

• Democraticshool Makkuro-Kurosuke (Kanzakigun)
• Democratic School Sola (Nishinomiya City)
• Global Community School (Takasago City)
• Kinokuni Children's Village (Kinokuni Kodomo no Mura), Wakayama Prefecture, f. 1992^[4]
• Mie Shure
• Terakoya Houjousya (Aizuwakamatsu, Fukushima)
• Tokyo Shure (Tokyo)
• Shure University(Tokyo)
• Okinawa Sudbury School (Ginowan City, Okinawa-ken)

Nepal

• Sri Aurobindo Yoga Mandir (Kathmandu)

Netherlands

• 5en5is11, (Maastricht)
• Aventurijn, (Loenen)
• De Buitenplaats, (Drogeham)
• De Kampanje, (Amersfoort)
• De Koers, (Beverwijk)
• De Paradox, (Vorden)
• De Ruimte, (Soest)
• De Vallei, (Renkum)
• De Vrije Ruimte, (Scheveningen)
• De Ontdekking, (Drenthe)
• Guus Kieft School, (Amsterdam)
• Wonderwijs, (Loenen - closed 2013)
• Libertad, (Breda)
• Logi-k, (Borne)
• Lophi, (Olst - startup)
• Merkaba Sudbury, (Tholen – closed 2012)
• Reuring aan de Zaan, (Zaandam - startup)
• Terra Incognita, (Bergharen)

New Zealand

• Auckland Metropolitan College, Mt. Eden, Auckland--(closed December 2001^[5])
• Discovery One Christchurch
• Freyberg Memorial Community School Te Atatu South, Auckland
• Mountain Valley School Pokororo/Motueka, Nelson
• Tamariki School
• The Hub (High School) Christchurch
• Timatanga Community School Waitakere City, Auckland

Norway

• Nyskolen i Oslo

Peru

• Escuela Democrática de Huamachuco

Poland

• Odpowiedzialna Szkoła (Warszawa)
• Wolna Szkoła (Warszawa)
• Trampolina (Poznań)
• Bullerbyn (Warszawa)

Portugal

• Escola da Ponte (Vila Das AVES)

Russia

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

South Korea

• Dream School (Seoul)
• San Children's School (Gyeonggi-Do)
• School Star (Seoul)
• Small School (Gwang jin) (Seoul)
• Small School (Youngsan) (Seoul)
• Sungmisan School (Seoul)

Spain

• Ojo de Agua - Ambiente Educativo
• Tximeleta
• La Serrada (Alcoy, Alicante)
• (Madrid, Torrelodones)
• * Phoenix International Online Democratic School, Spain

Switzerland

• Jürg Jegge and the Kleingruppe Lufingen
• Fokus selbstbestimmt lernen (Bottmingen BL) http://www.fokus-selbstbestimmt-lernen.ch/

Thailand

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

Ukraine

• Park School Kyiv, Ukraine
• Private Secondary Family School AIST (Stork Family School) Vinnytsia, Ukraine

United Kingdom

Currently Open

• Park School (Dartington, Devon)
• Sands School (Ashburton, Devon)
• Small Acres School (SE London)
• Summerhill School (Leiston, Suffolk)
• The Family School (SW London, temporarily closed)
• The Small School (Hartland, Devon)

Former democratic schools now closed

• Dartington Hall School Devon
• Kilquhanity School, Kirkcudbright
• Kirkdale School
• Malting House School, Cambridge
• Prestolee Elementary School
• Rowen House School (Belper)
• Risinghill School, London
• Scotland Road Free School (Liverpool)
• White Lion Street Free School, London

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

• Highland Free School (Tucson)
• Friday Free School (planning stages) (Phoenix)

California

• Altadena Free School (Altadena)
• Diablo Valley School (Concord)
• Deep Springs College (Deep Springs)
• Global Village School (Ojai)
• Leeway Sudbury School (San Diego)
• Play Mountain Place (Los Angeles)
• Wildcat Community FreeSchool (Richmond)
• The Open School (Orange County) opening Sept 2015
• The Connect Group School (Los Angeles, California)
• Life Lived Freely Los Angeles, California (Westside) (planning stages)
• Village Sudbury School Whittier, California (planning stages)

Colorado

• The Boulder Sudbury 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)
• Sunset Sudbury School (Davie)

Georgia

• Horizons School (Atlanta)
• Sudbury School of Atlanta

Hawaii

• Open Source Learning, Kauai's Sudbury School (Kapaa)
• Sudbury Maui (Haiku)

Illinois

• Tallgrass Sudbury (Riverside, a western suburb of Chicago)
• Shimer College (Chicago)^[6]

Indiana

• Harmony Education Center (Bloomington)
• Sudbury School of Kentuckiana (Southern Indiana) (planning stages)

Kentucky

• Sudbury School of Kentuckiana (Louisville, Kentucky) (planning stages)

Maine

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

Maryland

• Fairhaven School (Upper Marlboro)
• Freedom Hill Cooperative (Dickerson)
• Arts & Ideas Sudbury School (Baltimore)

Massachusetts

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

Michigan

• Children's Community School, Ann Arbor, (associated with Bill Ayers) c. 1968^[7]
• Little Lake Learning Community (Ann Arbor)
• The Sudbury School at Acorn Glen (Ann Arbor)

Minnesota

• Gaia Democratic 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)

Montana

• Glacier Lake School

New Jersey

• Jersey Shore Free School, A Sudbury School (Little Silver)
• Bergen Sudbury Free School (Under Development)
• Emerson Lily Free School (Stanhope)
• South Mountain Co-op (Maplewood, NJ)
• The Teddy McArdle Free School (closed)
• Voyagers Community School (Colts Neck)
• Wellspring Community School (Gladstone)

New Mexico

• The Tutorial School (Sante Fe)

New York

• Academic Community for Educational Success (Bedford Hills)
• Brooklyn Free School, Brooklyn, f. 2004^[8][9]
• Cloudhouse Agile Learning Center (Chatham)
• Albany Free School (Albany)
• Fifteenth Street School, Park Slope, Brooklyn, (associated with Orson Bean) c. 1980s^[8]
• First Street School (Manhattan) (closed)
• Harriet Tubman Democratic High School (Albany)
• Hudson Valley Sudbury School (Kingston)
• Lehman Alternative Community School (Ithaca)
• Little River Community School (Canton)
• Longview School (Brewster)
• Agile Learning Center at Manhattan Free School (NYC) f. 2008
• Scarsdale Alternative School (Scarsdale)
• School Without Walls (Rochester)
• Pono Learning [www.ponolearning.org] (NYC)

North Carolina

• Arthur Morgan School (Burnsville)
• Katuah Sudbury School (Fletcher)
• Agile Learning Center at Mosaic School (Charlotte)
• Raleigh Progressive School and Learning Center (Raleigh)

Ohio

• Antioch College

Oregon

• Trillium Charter School (Portland)
• Village Free School
• Eugene Sudbury School (Eugene)
• Metropolitan Learning Center (Portland)

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

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

• Clearview Sudbury School (Austin)
• Makarios Community School (Dallas-Fort Worth area) (planning stages)
• The Real School AKA Dragon Valley (Houston)
• The Inside Outside School (Pflugerville) http://www.insideoutsideschool.org/

Utah

• Sego Lily School (Salt Lake City)

Vermont

• LiHigh School (Poultney)
• Red Cedar School (Bristol)

Virginia

• H-B Woodlawn Program (Arlington)
• The New School of Northern Virginia (Fairfax)
• Shenandoah Valley Community School (Harrisonburg)
• Raw Learning (Staunton)

Washington

• The Clearwater School (Bothell)
• Everett Agile Learning Center (Everett)
• Puget Sound Community School (Seattle)
• The Trillium School (Indianola)
• Rising Tide School (Olympia) - Closed

West Virginia

• The Highland School (Highland)

Wisconsin

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

See also

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

References

Sources

External links

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

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