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
Queensland: Brisbane Independent School Pullenvale, Brisbane QLD
Victoria: Alia College Hawthorn East, Melbourne VIC Preshil Kew, Melbourne VIC
Canada ALPHA Alternative School (Toronto) Mont-Libre Agile Learning Centre (Montreal) Rochdale College (Toronto) (closed) SEED Alternative School (Toronto)
Germany Neue Schule Hamburg Freie Schule Leipzig
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 students at Ao Tawhiti school choose the classes they 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) The Family School (SW London) 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)
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 Albany Free School (Albany) Brooklyn Free School, Brooklyn, f. 2004 Lehman Alternative Community School (Ithaca)
North Carolina Arthur Morgan School (Burnsville)
Ohio Antioch College Antioch School
Oregon Adams High School (Portland) (closed) Metropolitan Learning Center (Portland) (formerly) Village Free School (Portland)
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
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