List of Sudbury schools
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Sudbury schools practice a form of democratic education in which students individually decide what to do with their time, and learn as a by-product of ordinary experience rather than through classes or a standard curriculum.[1] Students have complete responsibility for their own education and the school is run by a direct democracy in which students and staff have an equal vote.[2]
The 'Sudbury' name refers to Sudbury Valley School, founded in 1968 in Framingham, Massachusetts, one of the first schools of this type in North America. The oldest democratic school in existence is the Summerhill School in Suffolk, England, founded in 1921. The Sudbury Valley School has been the inspiration for numerous schools[3] that now informally consider themselves 'Sudbury schools' in addition to being democratic schools.
The Sudbury Valley School formally rejects the idea that there can be an official definition or official list of Sudbury schools.[4]
Contents
Belgium
Brazil
- Casa da Árvore - Comunidade Democrática de Aprendizagem Livre (not a regular school yet)
Denmark
France
Germany
- Neue Schule Hamburg, Hamburg
- TING-Schule, Berlin
- Sudbury Schule München, Munich (planning stages)
Israel
- "Kanaf" Democratic School, Golan Heights
- Sudbury Jerusalem, Jerusalem
- Sudbury Haֿ’Ella valley, Valley of Elah
Japan
- Kobe Sudbury School, Nishinomiya
- Democratic School Makkuro-kurosuke, Kanzaki, Hyogo
- Shonan Sudbury School, Chigasaki
- Okinawa Sudbury School, Ginowan-shi
United States
California
- Altadena Free School, Altadena, California
- The Diablo Valley School, Concord, California
- The Open School, Orange County, California (opening September 2015)
- Village Sudbury School, Whittier, California (opening September 2016)
Colorado
- Alpine Valley School, Wheat Ridge, Colorado
- The Boulder Sudbury School, Boulder, Colorado
- Sudbury Ft. Collins, Ft. Collins, Colorado(planning stages)
Connecticut
- River Valley Sudbury School, Chester, Connecticut
- Mountain Laurel Sudbury School, New Britain, Connecticut
Delaware
Florida
Georgia
Hawaii
- Open Source Learning, Kauai's Sudbury School, Kapaa, Hawaii (established 2009)
Illinois
- Tallgrass Sudbury School, Riverside, Illinois (a western suburb of Chicago) (established 2008)
Indiana
- Sudbury School of Kentuckiana, Southern Indiana (Clarksville, Jeffersonville, New Albany) (planning stages)
Kentucky
- Sudbury School of Kentuckiana, Louisville, Kentucky (planning stages)
Maryland
- Arts & Ideas Sudbury School, Baltimore, Maryland
- Freedom Hill Cooperative, Dickerson, Maryland
- Fairhaven School, Upper Marlboro, Maryland
Massachusetts
Michigan
Nebraska
- Platte Valley School [1] (Eastern Nebraska) development underway
New Jersey
- Bergen Sudbury Free School, Bergen County, New Jersey (under development)
- Jersey Shore Free School, Little Silver, New Jersey
- South Jersey Sudbury School, Medford, New Jersey
New York
North Carolina
- Jordan Lake Sudbury School, Cary, North Carolina
Ohio
Oregon
Pennsylvania
- The Circle School, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
- Philly Free School, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- Three Rivers Village School, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Texas
- Clearview Sudbury School, Austin, Texas
- Makarios Learning Community, Dallas, Texas
- Houston Sudbury School, Houston, Texas
Utah
Virginia
- The Jefferson Sudbury School, Fredericksburg, Virginia (planning stages)
- Shenandoah Valley Community School, Harrisonburg, Virginia
Washington
West Virginia
Former schools
Australia
- Booroobin Sudbury Democratic Centre of Learning, City of Caloundra, Queensland
Belgium
- Sudbury De vlinder, Ghent
Canada
- Indigo Sudbury Campus, Edmonton, Alberta (closed in 2009)
- The Beach School, Toronto, Ontario (closed in 2008)
- The Fairfield School, Wolfville, Nova Scotia (closed in 2007)
Denmark
- Næstved Fri Skole, Næstved (not a Sudbury School anymore)
Germany
- Katzenhäusle, Überlingen (2004-2005)
- Sudbury-Lernzentrum Leipzig, Leipzig, (2005-2008)
Netherlands
United States
- Big Rock Sudbury School, Novato, California (archived web page) (closed in 2007)[5]
- Blue Ridge Sudbury School, Lynchburg, Virginia
- Cedarwood Sudbury School, Santa Clara, California (archived web page)[6]
- The Chicago Sudbury School, Chicago, Illinois
- Evergreen Sudbury School, Hallowell, Maine
- Full Circle Community School, Orlando, Florida
- Greenwood Sudbury School, Hampton, Connecticut
- Rising Tide School, Olympia, Washington
- The Trillium School, Indianola, Washington
See also
References
- ↑ Sudbury Valley School • About SVS - School Days Retrieved September 2, 2013.
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- ↑ Sudbury Valley School • Other Schools - Schools that operate in a manner similar to ours Retrieved June 30, 2015.
- ↑ Big Rock Sudbury School at the Wayback Machine (archived October 12, 2007). Retrieved September 2, 2013. "Big Rock Sudbury School is closed as of June 16, 2007, and is no longer in operation... Our thanks go to all of the students, parents, staff and volunteers that made the school a reality, for all the support and passion that went into the school over the four fun even if bumpy years of existence, and for the difference that it made for the almost 70 kids and their families that attended Big Rock Sudbury School during that time. This is the web site as it was at the time of closing."
- ↑ Cedarwood Sudbury School at the Wayback Machine (archived October 24, 2007). Retrieved September 2, 2013.
