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 schools that align with the broad principles of democratic education.

Australia

New South Wales:

• Currambena School Lane Cove, Sydney NSW

Victoria:

• Preshil Kew, Melbourne VIC
• Alia College Hawthorn East, Melbourne VIC

Queensland:

• Brisbane Independent School Pullenvale, Brisbane QLD

Brazil

• Escola Lumiar (São Paulo)

Canada

• ALPHA Alternative School (Toronto)
• Rochdale College (Toronto) (closed)
• SEED Alternative School (Toronto)

Germany

Neue Schule Hamburg

India

• Walden's Path (Hyderabad)

Israel

• Democratic School of Hadera (Hadera)

New Zealand

• Auckland Metropolitan College, Mount Eden, Auckland (closed December 2001)
• Ao Tawhiti Unlimited Discovery, Central Christchurch (It is not a democratic school but it is a special character school. Their educational principles are very democratic, but they still have grades, exams and a curriculum. The difference between a traditional and Ao Tawhiti school is that kids at Ao Tawhiti school choose the subjects they want to attend.)
• Tamariki School, Woolston, Christchurch

Portugal

• Escola da Ponte (Vila Das AVES)

United Kingdom

Currently Open

• Sands School (Ashburton, Devon)
• Summerhill School (Leiston, Suffolk)

Former democratic schools now closed

• Dartington Hall School (Devon)
• Kilquhanity School (Kirkcudbright)
• Kirkdale School (SE London)
• Malting House School (Cambridge)
• Rowen House School (Belper)
• Risinghill School (London)
• Scotland Road Free School (Liverpool)
• The Small School (Hartland, Devon)
• The Family School (SW London)

United States

California

• Deep Springs College (Deep Springs)

Illinois

• Shimer College (Chicago)

Indiana

• Harmony School (Indiana)

Maine

• Liberty School (Blue Hill, Maine)

Maryland

• Fairhaven School (Upper Marlboro)

Massachusetts

• The Group School, Cambridge, Massachusetts
• Mission Hill School (Closed)
• Sudbury Valley School (Framingham)
• Warehouse Cooperative School

New York

• Brooklyn Free School, Brooklyn, f. 2004
• Albany Free School (Albany)
• Lehman Alternative Community School (Ithaca)

North Carolina

• Arthur Morgan School (Burnsville)

Ohio

• Antioch College
• Antioch School

Oregon

• Village Free School (Portland)
• Adams High School (Portland) (closed)

Pennsylvania

• The Circle School (Harrisburg)
• The Delta Program, a program within State College Area High School (State College)
• Philadelphia Free School
• Three Rivers Village School (Pittsburgh)
• Upattinas School and Resource Center (Glenmoore) (closed)

Vermont

• Goddard College (Plainfield)

Virginia

• The New School of Northern Virginia (Fairfax)

Washington

• The Clearwater School (Bothell)
• Goddard College (Port Washington and Seattle)

West Virginia

• The Highland School (Highland)

See also

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

Further reading

• Leue, Mary M., ed. (2000). Challenging the Giant: The best of [SKOLE], the Journal of Alternative Education. Vol. 4. Down-to-Earth Books. ISBN 1-878115-13-8. OCLC 250561130.