List of democratic schools

This is a comprehensive list of current and former democratic schools. 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 La Cecilia Escuela de la Nueva Cultura La Cecilia

Australia

ACT:

• Blue Gum Community School (Preschool) Dickson ACT
• Blue Gum Community School (Primary) Hackett ACT

New South Wales:

• Blacktown Youth College (Alternative High School) Bidwill, Sydney NSW
• Byron Community Primary School Byron Bay NSW
• Currambena School (Primary) Lane Cove, Sydney NSW
• Kinma School (Primary) Terrey Hills, Sydney NSW
• Tambelin Independent School (Primary) Goulburn NSW

Queensland:

• Booroobin Community Maleny QLD

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

South Australia:

• Kirinari Community School (Primary) Unley SA

Tasmania:

• Peregrine School (Primary) Nicholls Rivulet, TAS

Victoria:

• Alia College (High School) Hawthorne East, Melbourne VIC
• Berengarra School (Alternative High School) Glen Waverley VIC
• Candlebark School (Preschool-year 12) Romsey VIC
• Fitzroy Community School (Primary) North Fitzroy, Melbourne VIC
• Hurstbridge Learning Coop (Primary) Hurstbridge, Melbourne VIC
• Melbourne Community School (Primary) St Kilda East, Melbourne VIC
• Preshil, The Margaret Lyttle Memorial School (Primary - year 12) Kew, Melbourne VIC
• Sherbrooke Community School (Primary - year 12) Sassafrass, VIC
• Village School Incorporated Croydon North, Melbourne VIC (Primary - year12)

Western Australia:

• KIDS Open Learning School, Inc (Primary - year 12) East Fremantle WA
• KIDS Open Learning School, Inc (Primary - year 12) Maylands WA
• Lance Holt School (Primary) Fremantle WA
• Moerlina Primary School Mt. Claremont WA
• Sowilo Community High School Kelmscott WA
• Woodbury Boston Primary School Albany WA

Austria

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

Belgium

• Leerhuis Brussel, (Brussels)
• Sudburyschool Gent, (Gent)
• Pédagogie Nomade, (Limerlé)

Brazil

• Baniwa School Coripaco Pamáali
• Centro Integrado de Educação de Jovens e Adultos do Campo Limpo (CIEJA) (São Paulo)
• Cidade Escola Aprendiz (São Paulo)
• Escola de Educação Infantil e Ensino Fundamental Teia Multicultural (São Paulo)
• Escola Lumiar (São Paulo)
• Escola Politéia
• Tuyuka School
• Instituto Helena Lubienska/Recanto

Canada

• Agate Private School (London)
• ALPHA Alternative School (Toronto)
• Alternative High School (Calgary)
• Fairfield School (Wolfville)--(closed August 2007^[1])
• Indigo Sudbury Campus (South Edmonton)
• The Village Garden School (Kingston)
• Voyage Learning Community (Calgary)--(opening September 2011)
• Windsor House Alternative Program (North Vancouver)
• Wondertree Learning Center (Vancouver)

Colombia

• Colegio Bilingue Jorge Emilio Gutierrez (Bogota

Costa Rica

• Summerhill Latinoamericano

Denmark

• Bernadotteskolen. Den Internationale Skole i Danmark (Copenhagen)
• Det Frie Gymnasium (Kobenhavn)
• Lilleskolernes Sammenslutning
• Den Demokratiske Skole (Roskilde)

Finland

• Feeniks-Koulu (Järvenpää)

France

• Lycee Autogere De Paris (Paris)
• Lycee Experimental (Saint Nazaire)

Germany

• Freie Schule Leipzig (Leipzig)
• Kapriole (Freiburg)
• TING-Schule (Berlin)
• Netzwerk-Schule (Berlin)
• 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 democratic schools in Germany check out here.

Hungary

• Carl Rogers Person-Centered School (Budapest)

India

• Abacus Montessori School (Chennai)
• Butterflies Program for Street and Working Children (New Delhi)

Indonesia

• KBKPM (Komunitas Belajar Kampung Pingin Maju) (Kap. Jepara)

Israel

• Keshet (Zikhorn Ya'akov)
• 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)
• 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)

Japan

• Democraticshool Makkuro-Kurosuke (Kanzakigun)
• Democratic School Sola (Nishinomiya City)
• Global Community School (Takasago City)
• Kinokuni Children's Village (Hashimoto-shi)
• Terakoya Houjousya (Aizuwakamatsu Fukushima)
• Tokyo Shure (Tokyo)
• Shure University(Tokyo)[1]
• Okinawa Sudbury School (Ginowan City, Okinawa-ken)

Nepal

• Sri Aurobindo Yoga Mandir (Kathmandu)

Netherlands

• Aventurijn, (Loenen)
• De Kampagne, (Amersfoort)
• De Kleine Kapitein, (Berkel en Rodenrijs)
• De Koers, (Beverwijk)
• De Paradox, (Vorden)
• De Ruimte, (Soest)
• De Vallei, (Renkum)
• De Vrije Ruimte, (Scheveningen)
• Guus Kieft School, (Amsterdam)
• Iederwijsschool “Wonderwijs”, (Loenen)

New Zealand

• Auckland Metropolitan College, Mt. Eden, Auckland--(closed December 2001^[2])
• Discovery One Christchurch
• Freyberg Memorial Community School Te Atatu South, Auckland
• Mountain Valley School Pokororo/Motueka, Nelson
• Tamariki School Christchurch
• The Hub (High School) Christchurch
• Timatanga Community School Waitakere City, Auckland

Norway

• Nyskolen i Oslo

Peru

• Escuela Democrática de Huamachuco

Poland

• ASSA (Wroclaw)

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) http://schoolstar.net/intro/intro_8.asp
• Small School (Gwang jin) (Seoul)
• Small School (Youngsan) (Seoul)
• Sung Mi San School (Seoul) http://www.sungmisan.net/

Spain

• Ojo de Agua - Ambiente Educativo

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

• the Family School SW London
• Kirkdale School
• Malting House School (Cambridge)
• Park School (Dartington)
• Rowen House School (Belper)
• Sands School (Ashburton)
• Summerhill School (Leiston)

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

• A Full Table (Sahuarita)
• Highland Free School (Tucson)
• Phoenix Free School (planning stages) (Phoenix)
• Prescott Sudbury School (planning stages) (Prescott)

California

• Cedarwood Sudbury School (Santa Clara)
• Diablo Valley School (Concord)
• Deep Springs College (Deep Springs)
• Global Village School (Ojai)
• Manzanita School (San Luis Obispo) (no longer in operation)
• Play Mountain Place (Los Angeles)
• Sacramento Valley School (Sacramento)
• Wildcat Community FreeSchool (Richmond)

Colorado

• The Living School (Boulder)
• Boulder Valley Community Open 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)

Georgia

• Horizons School (Atlanta)

Hawaii

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

Illinois

• Tallgrass Sudbury (Riverside)

Indiana

• Harmony Education Center (Bloomington)

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) [2]

Massachusetts

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

Michigan

• Clonlara School (Ann Arbor)
• Little Lake Learning Community (Ann Arbor)

Minnesota

• Second Foundation 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)

New Jersey

• Bergen Sudbury Free School (Under Development)
• Emerson Lily Free School (Stanhope)
• 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)
• Albany Free School (Albany)
• First Street School (Manhattan)
• Harriet Tubman Free School (Albany)
• Hudson Valley Sudbury School (Kingston)
• Lehman Alternative Community School (Ithaca)
• Little River Community School (Canton)
• Longview School (Cortlandt Manor)
• Manhattan Free School (Manhattan)
• Scarsdale Alternative School (Scarsdale)
• School Without Walls (Rochester)

North Carolina

• Arthur Morgan School (Burnsville)
• Katuah Sudbury School (Fletcher)
• Raleigh Progressive School and Learning Center (Raleigh)

Ohio

• Antioch College

Oregon

• Trillium Charter School (Portland)
• The Village Free School (Portland)
• Eugene Sudbury School (Eugene)

Pennsylvania

• The Circle School (Harrisburg)
• The Delta Program, a program within State College Area High School (State College)
• The Sphere College Project (Phoenixville)
• 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

• The Real School AKA Dragon Valley (Houston)

Utah

• Sego Lily School (Salt Lake City)

Vermont

• 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)
• Puget Sound Community School (Seattle)
• The Trillium School (Indianola)
• Rising Tide School (Olympia)

West Virginia

• The Highland School (Highland)

Wisconsin

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

See also

	Schools portal
	Education portal

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

References

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

1. ^ http://www.novanewsnow.com/article-134708-Fairfield-School-closes.html
2. ^ http://www.nzcer.org.nz/default.php?products_id=554