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This is a comprehensive list of current and former democratic schools. Most of these were modeled on the Summerhill School
Summerhill School
Summerhill School is an independent British boarding school that was founded in 1921 by Alexander Sutherland Neill with the belief that the school should be made to fit the child, rather than the other way around...

, 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
Sudbury Valley School
The Sudbury Valley School was founded in 1968 in Framingham, Massachusetts, United States. There are now over 30 schools based on the Sudbury Model in the United States, Denmark, Israel, Japan, Netherlands, Belgium and Germany. The model has two basic tenets: educational freedom and democratic...

 and certain anarchistic free school that align with the broad principles of democratic education
Democratic education
Democratic education is a theory of learning and school governance in which students and staff participate freely and equally in a school democracy...

.

Argentina


Australia

ACT:

New South Wales:
  • Blacktown Youth College (Alternative High School) Bidwill, Sydney NSW
  • Byron Community Primary School Byron Bay NSW
  • Currambena School
    Currambena School
    Currambena School is an independent primary and preschool in Lane Cove, New South Wales.-History:The school was established in 1969, when the then Woodley Preparatory School was purchased by the founders. It was one of a number of alternative schools that pioneered the application in Australia of...

     (Primary) Lane Cove, Sydney NSW
  • Kinma School (Primary) Terrey Hills, Sydney NSW
  • Tambelin Independent School (Primary) Goulburn NSW


Queensland:


South Australia:

Tasmania:

Victoria:

Western Australia:

Austria

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

Belgium


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)
  • 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)

Denmark


Germany



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

India

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

Israel

  • Keshet (Zikhorn Ya'akov)
  • Democrati Lev Hasharon (Lev Hasharon)
  • Democratic School of Hadera
    Democratic School of Hadera
    The Democratic School of Hadera is a democratic school in Hadera, Israel. It was founded in 1987 by Yaacov Hecht. With around 380 students aged four to eighteen, it is the largest of the twenty-five Israeli democratic schools....

     (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 (Kanzaki
    Kanzaki
    Kanzaki is a Japanese surname and term that is associated with:*Hayato Kanzaki, a fictional swordsmen.*Kanzaki District*Kanzaki, Saga*Kanzaki, Hyogo...

    gun)
  • Democratic School Sola (Nishinomiya City)
  • Global Community School (Takasago
    Takasago
    Takasago may refer to:*Takasago, Hyōgo, a city located in the Hyōgo Prefecture of Japan*Takasago International Corporation, a company producing chemical flavorants and fragrances*Takasago , a Noh play by Zeami, or one of the lead characters in it...

     City)
  • Kinokuni Children's Village (Hashimoto
    Hashimoto
    is a Japanese surname and place name, meaning "White of black", from meaning "white" and meaning "black".-Places:* Hashimoto, a place in the city of Sagamihara, Kanagawa, Japan* Hashimoto, a city in Wakayama Prefecture, Japan.-People:...

    -shi)
  • Terakoya Houjousya (Aizuwakamatsu Fukushima
    Fukushima
    may refer to:*Fukushima City – the capital city of Fukushima Prefecture, Japan*Fukushima Prefecture – a Japanese prefecture*Two nuclear power plants located in Fukushima Prefecture:**Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant...

    )
  • Tokyo Shure (Tokyo)
  • Shure University(Tokyo)http://shureuniv.org/
  • Okinawa Sudbury School (Ginowan City, Okinawa-ken)

Netherlands


New Zealand


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/

Ukraine


United Kingdom

  • the Family School
    The Family School
    The Family School at Larkhall is a small, alternative school, based in South London, UK, founded by Polly Griffiths in 2007/8 to offer a Democratic education model to primary age children....

     SW London
  • Kirkdale School
    Kirkdale School
    Kirkdale School was a small, independent free school located at 186 Kirkdale Road, Sydenham, London, England. During the entirety of the school's existence it was run as a parent/teacher co-operative....

  • Malting House School
    Malting House School
    The Malting House School was an experimental educational institution that operated from 1924 to 1929. It was set up by the eccentric and, at the time, wealthy Geoffrey Pyke in his family home in Cambridge and it was run by Susan Sutherland Isaacs...

     (Cambridge)
  • Park School (Dartington)
  • Rowen House School
    Rowen House School
    Rowen House was an independent British boarding school founded in 1979 in Belper, Derbyshire. The name was not a mis-spelling, but a reference to the Utopian thinker and eutopian practitioner, Robert Owen...

     (Belper)
  • Sands School
    Sands School
    Sands School is a democratic school in Ashburton, Devon in England- History :Sands School was started in 1987 by a group of students and teachers from the recently closed Dartington Hall School. Starting in the kitchen of a parent's house, the school quickly established its own philosophy, building...

     (Ashburton)
  • Summerhill School
    Summerhill School
    Summerhill School is an independent British boarding school that was founded in 1921 by Alexander Sutherland Neill with the belief that the school should be made to fit the child, rather than the other way around...

     (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

California
  • Cedarwood Sudbury School (Santa Clara)
  • Diablo Valley School (Concord)
  • Deep Springs College
    Deep Springs College
    Deep Springs is a private, all-male , alternative college in Deep Springs, California, in the United States. A two-year college, the institution currently aims for a student body size of 26, though the number is occasionally lower...

     (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

Illinois

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)
    Fairhaven School (Upper Marlboro, Maryland)
    Fairhaven School was founded in 1998 in Upper Marlboro, Maryland. It is one of over 30 schools based on the Sudbury Model. The model has two basic tenets: educational freedom and democratic governance...

  • Freedom Hill Cooperative (Dickerson)
  • Arts & Ideas Sudbury School (Baltimore) http://aisudbury.com/


Massachusetts
  • Balance Rock Center (Jefferson)
  • School Within a School (Brookline High School) (Brookline)
  • Stone Soup School (Worcester)
  • Sudbury Valley School
    Sudbury Valley School
    The Sudbury Valley School was founded in 1968 in Framingham, Massachusetts, United States. There are now over 30 schools based on the Sudbury Model in the United States, Denmark, Israel, Japan, Netherlands, Belgium and Germany. The model has two basic tenets: educational freedom and democratic...

     (Framingham)


Michigan

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

New York
  • Academic Community for Educational Success (Bedford Hills)
  • Brooklyn Free School (Brooklyn)
  • Albany Free School
    Albany Free School
    The Free School Professional Memberships & Affiliations:Member School:* Northeast Association of Independent Democratic Schools * Alternative Education Resource Organization * International Democratic Education Network...

     (Albany)
  • First Street School (Manhattan)
  • Harriet Tubman Free School (Albany)
  • Hudson Valley Sudbury School (Kingston)
  • Lehman Alternative Community School
    Lehman Alternative Community School
    The Lehman Alternative Community School is a nationally renowned public, educational alternative, combined middle and high school in the Ithaca City School District in Ithaca, New York. Serving grades 6-12 with approximately 305 students, the school is known for its small class size,...

     (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
    Antioch College
    Antioch College is a private, independent liberal arts college in Yellow Springs, Ohio, United States. It was the founder and the flagship institution of the six-campus Antioch University system. Founded in 1852 by the Christian Connection, the college began operating in 1853 with politician and...



Oregon

Pennsylvania
  • The Circle School
    The Circle School
    The Circle School is an Integral school located in Harrisburg, PA and founded in 1984, and is aligned with the Sudbury model. The term Sudbury School means that it is modeled after the Sudbury Valley School in Framingham, Massachusetts. It enrolls pre-kindergarten through high school aged children...

     (Harrisburg)
  • The Delta Program, a program within State College Area High School
    State College Area High School
    State College Area High School is the only public high school in the State College Area School District. Located within walking distance of Penn State University, the school offers a wide and diverse selection of electives, and is known for its academic, athletic, and musical prominence.State High...

     (State College)
  • The Sphere College Project
    The Sphere College Project
    The Sphere College Project is a project to create a high-quality, financially accessible educational institution for adults. It was founded in April 2009 in Phoenixville, Pennsylvania to provide education to adults who do not fit the prevailing model of higher education...

     (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

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


West Virginia
  • The Highland School
    The Highland School
    The Highland School is a democratic school for day and boarding students in Highland, West Virginia. Founded in 1981 by Charlotte and Steve Landvoigt, the Highland School was inspired by the Summerhill School in Suffolk, England, but now more closely resembles the Sudbury model of democratic...

     (Highland)


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

See also

  • Democratic education
    Democratic education
    Democratic education is a theory of learning and school governance in which students and staff participate freely and equally in a school democracy...

  • List of Sudbury schools
  • Collaborative learning
    Collaborative learning
    Collaborative learning is a situation in which two or more people learn or attempt to learn something together. Unlike individual learning, people engaged in collaborative learning capitalize on one another’s resources and skills...

  • Constructionist learning
    Constructionist learning
    Constructionist learning is inspired by the constructivist theory that individual learners construct mental models to understand the world around them. However, constructionism holds that learning can happen most effectively when people are also active in making tangible objects in the real world...

  • Rouge Forum
    Rouge Forum
    The Rouge Forum is an organization of educational activists, which focuses on issues of equality, democracy, and social justice.- Origins :The Rouge Forum emerged from a series of political controversies within the National Council for the Social Studies during the 1990s...

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