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 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

• 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) [1]

Brazil

• Escola Albert Einstein (cooperativa) - Belo Horizonte, MG (infelizmente foi fechada em 2009 por falta de financiamento)
• 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) [2]
• Escola de Educação Infantil e Ensino Fundamental Teia Multicultural (São Paulo)
• Escola Lumiar (São Paulo) [3]
• Escola Politéia (São Paulo)
• Tuyuka School
• Instituto Helena Lubienska/Recanto

Canada

• Agate Private School (London)
• ALPHA Alternative School (Toronto)
• ALPHA II Alternative School (Toronto)
• Learning in the Woods (Hamilton) http://www.welearnnaturally.com/
• Alternative High School (Calgary)
• Fairfield School (Wolfville)--(closed August 2007)
• 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
• The Necessary Teacher Training College, DNS

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
• Ecole Dynamique

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)
• The Keshet School (Zichron Yaakov)
• 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)
• Ashkelon (In process of establishing)

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
• Mie Shure
• Terakoya Houjousya (Aizuwakamatsu, Fukushima)
• Tokyo Shure (Tokyo)
• Shure University(Tokyo)[4]
• 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 - closed 2014)
• Democratisch Onderwijs Eindhoven, (Eindhoven)

New Zealand

• Auckland Metropolitan College, Mt. Eden, Auckland--(closed December 2001)
• Ao Tawhiti Unlimited Discovery, Christchurch
• Freyberg Memorial Community School Te Atatu South, Auckland
• The Kaitiaki Collective Auckland
• Mountain Valley School Pokororo/Motueka, Nelson
• Tamariki 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)
• Phoenix Democratic online School, Spain
• [5] (Madrid, Torrelodones)

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 [6]

Hawaii

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

Illinois

• Tallgrass Sudbury (Riverside, a western suburb of Chicago)
• Shimer College (Chicago)

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) [7]

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

• Ann Arbor Open School
• Children's Community School, Ann Arbor, (associated with Bill Ayers) c. 1968
• Little Lake Learning Community (Ann Arbor)
• The Sudbury School at Acorn Glen [8] (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 Jersey Sudbury School (Medford, NJ)
• 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
• Cloudhouse Agile Learning Center (Chatham)
• Albany Free School (Albany)
• Fifteenth Street School, Park Slope, Brooklyn, (associated with Orson Bean) c. 1980s
• 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) [9]
• 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
• The Hadden Institute (forming)

Oregon

• Trillium Charter School (Portland)
• Village Free School (Portland)
• 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