Democratic school là gì

There is no monolithic definition of democratic education or democratic schools. But what we mean here is “education in which young people have the freedom to organize their daily activities, and in which there is equality and democratic decision-making among young people and adults,” as quoted from AERO’s Directory of Democratic Education.

These schools and programs take many forms and include public and private alternatives and homeschool resource centers. Please send us any suggestions for additions to this list.

Schools & organizations

Argentina

Australia

• Alia College, Melbourne, Victoria
• Blackall Range Independent School, Kareelpa, Queensland
• Blacktown Youth College, Bidwill, NSW
• Brisbane Independent School, Pullenvale, Brisbane, Queensland
• Currambena Primary & Preschool, Lane Cove, NSW
• Fitroy Community School, Melbourne, Victoria
• Hurstbridge Learning Coop, Melbourne, Victoria
• Kinma Primary & Preschool, Sydney, NSW
• Koonwarra Village School, Koonwarra, Victoria
• Maridahdi Early Childhood Community School, Toowoomba, Queensland
• Pine Community School, Ferny Hills, Brisbane, Queensland
• Preshil, The Margaret Lyttle Memorial School, Melbourne, Victoria
• Sherbrooke Community School, Sassafrass, Victoria
• Village School, Croydon, Victoria

Austria

Belgium

• De Weide, Erpe-Mere
• Sudbury School Gent, Gent
• Vlinderwijs, Stabroek

Brazil

Bulgaria

• Community for Democratic Education

Canada

• Agate Private School, London, ON
• ALPHA Alternative School, Toronto, ON
• ALPHA II Alternative School, Tornoto, ON
• Alternative High School, Calgary, AB
• Fraser Valley Free Learners, Mission, BC
• Freewill International Learning Center, Vancouver, BCR
• Passages Centre, Toronto
• Wondertree Learning Center, Vancouver, BC

Costa Rica

Czech Republic

Denmark

Estonia

• Village school of inventors, Rõuge vald

Finland

• Feeniks-Koulu, Helsinki
• Kehittyv� koulu -yhdistys ry, Helsinki

France

• Ecole Agile Démocratique et Bilingue, Perpignan
• Ecole de la Neuville, Chalmaison
• École Démocratique de Paris, Paris
• La Prairie, Toulouse
• La Ferme des Enfants, Lablachere
• L’école Dé-couverte, Vaugneray
• L’École Dynamique, Paris
• Lycee Autogere De Paris, Paris
• Lycee Experimental, Saint Nazaire
• The Dynamic School, Paris
• The School of Grivery, Grivery

Germany

• Aktive Schule Dresden, Dresden
• Apego Schule, Berlin
• Bildungsschule Harzberg
• Demokratische Schule Infinita, Steinhorst
• Demokratische Schule X, Berlin
• Drachenschule Odenwald, Wald-Michelbach
• FLeKS – Freies Lernen – Kollektiv & Selbstbestimmt), Hamburg
• Freie aktive Schule auf den Fildern e.V., Leinfelden-Echterdingen
• Freie Aktive Schule in Esslingen – Kinderkosmos, Esslingen
• Freie Aktive Schule Karlsruhe e. V., Karlsruhe
• Freie Aktive Schule Tübingen, Tübingen
• Freie Schule Gleichen, Gleichen
• Freie Schule am Mauerpark, Berlin
• Freie Schule Frankfurt, Frankfurt, am Main
• Freie Schule Heckenbeck, Heckenbeck
• Freie Schule Leben und Lernen, Preetz
• Freie Humanistiche Schule, Huntlosen
• Freie Reformschule, Spayer
• Freie Schule Leipzig, Leipzig
• Freie Schule Pankow, Berlin
• Freie Schule Spatz – Schule für Erziehungshilfe, Offenburg
• Freie Schule Stuttgart, Stuttgart
• INFINITA, Steinhorst
• Kapriole, Freiburg, Baden-Wuerttemberg
• Leonardo, Jena
• Lernwerk e.V. – Freie Aktive Montessorischule, Zuzenhausen
• Methodos e.V.
• Netzwerk Schule, Berlin
• Neue Schule Hamburg, Hamburg
• Schulwerkstatt – Freie Schule für lebendiges Lernen, Altenriet
• Sudbury Schule Ammersee, Ludenhausen
• Ting Freie demokratische Schule Berlin e.V., Berlin

Guatemala

Hungary

• Rogers Person Centered High School, Budapest
• EUDEC Hungary, Budapest

India

Indonesia

• KBKPM (Komunitas Belajar Kampung Pingin Maju), Bangsri, Kab. Jepara

Ireland

• Wicklow Sudbury School, Kilpedder
• Sligo Sudbury School, Faughts

Israel

• Beit Meitar, Meitar
• Bikat Ono, Kiryat Ono
• Democrati Lev Hasharon, Lev Hasharon
• The Democratic School of Kfar Sava, Kfar-Sava
• The Democratic School of Ono Valley, Kiryat-Ono
• Dolfin, Eilat
• Eynot-Yarden, Upper Galilee
• Givol Democratic Communal School, Hadera
• Hadera Democratic School, Hadera
• Hashita, Rehovot
• Hod Hasharon Democratic School, Hod Hasharon
• Jersalem Sudbury School, Jerusalem
• Kanaf Democratic School, Ramat HaGolan
• 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
• Kishor, Ziv-Kishorit
• Merchav, Raanana
• Nadav The Modiin Democratic School, Modiin
• The Arab Democratic School Jaffa, Tel-Aviv
• Shachaf Democratic School, Shoham
• Shalem, Upper Galilee
• Tefen Experimental School, Tefen Industrial Estate
• Yafa The Arab Democratic School, Jaffa
• Yahad Democratic School, Holon

Italy

Japan

• Democratic school Makkuro-Kurosuke, Kanzakigun, Hyogo
• Global Community School, Takasago City, Hyogo
• Manje School, Ichinomiya Aichi
• Kinokuni Childrens Village, Hashimoto-shi, Wakayama
• Network of Democratic Schools
• Mie Shure, Tsu City
• Nishinomiya Sudbury School, Hyogo
• Okinawa Sudbury School, Okinawa-ken
• Terakoya Houjousya, Aizuwakamatsu, Fukushima
• Tokyo Shure, Tokyo
• Tokyo Sudbury, Tokyo

Lithuania

• Demokratine mokykla, Vilnius
• Primary School ŽINIUKAS, Vilnius

Mexico

Nepal

• Sri Aurobindo Yoga Mandir, Kathmandu

Netherlands

• Aventurijn School, Loenen, GA
• Basisschool De Vallei, Driel
• Blink Basisschool
• De Buitenplaats
• De Ruimte, Soest, MA
• DOE: Democratisch Onderwijs Eindhoven
• De Ontdekking, Drenthe
• De Ruimte Soest, Soest
• De Vrije Ruimte, Scheveningen, SB
• Guus Kieft School, Amsterdam
• Libertad, Breda
• LIFE!
• Lumiar
• Newschool
• Nova Vita, Maastricht
• Sociocratische Leeromgeving LOS Deurne
• Vivere Democratische Basisschool
• VO de Vallei (Voortgezet Onderwijs) 

New Zealand

Norway

Palestine

• Hope Flowers School, Bethlehem

Peru

Poland

Portugal

Puerto Rico

• Nuestra Escuela, San Juan
• Espacio A  Viejo San Juan

Russia

• Bullerbu, Moscow
• Dubravushka, Moscow
• Family Coworking “Gnome House”, Saint Petersburg
• Konvert Free School, Saint Petersburg
• Moscow International Film School, Moscow
• NOS, Severnyy
• Natural School, Moscow
• Peremena Park-School, Moscow
• School of Self-Determination, Moscow
• U.Dacha, Popovka

Romania

• Bucharest Free School, Bucharest

South Africa

South Korea

Spain

• Ambiente Educativo
• El Jardi dels Somnis
• Escuela Activa Savia, Valladolid
• La Rosa de los Vientos, Madrid
• La Serrada, Alcoy, Alicante
• Madrid Active School, Madrid
• Mango Children, Grenada
• Ojo de Agua Educativo, Orba, Alicante
• Playa Escuela, Santa Cruz de Tenerife
• Tximeleta, Navarra

Sweden

Switzerland

• Fokus School Bottmingen 
• Lindenschule, Oberkirch
• Waldkinder Bern, Bern

Thailand

• Moo Baan Dek, Kanchanaburi, Siam
• Wispering Seed, Sanglkaburi, Kanchanaburi

Taiwan

• Holistic Education School, Zhuolan Township
• Permaculture House, Chiang Mai

Ukraine

• 7 Fields Eco-School, Kyiv
• DEC Life School, Kyiv
• DIXI (Park School), Kiev
• Koloshkola, Dnipro
• Licentia, Kyiv
• Kids Life School, Kyiv
• Magic People, Kyiv
• Maibutni, Kyiv
• Papaya School, Kyiv
• Practicum, Kyiv
• Private Secondary Family School AIST (Stork Family School), Vinnytsia
• Savage Kangaroo School, Kyiv
• Spilno School, Kyiv
• AIST (Stork) Family School

United Kingdom

• Center For Self-Managed Learning, Brighton
• Hebden Bridge School, Hebden Bridge
• Park School, Totnes, Devon
• Room 13, Scotland
• Sands School, Ashburton, Devon
• Small Acres School, London
• Self-Managed Learning College, Brighton
• Summerhill School, Leiston, Suffolk

United States of America

Alabama 

• Marietta Johnson School of Organic Education, Fairhope, AL

Alaska

Arizona 

• Highland Free School, Tucson, AZ

California 

• Altadena Free School, Altadena
• Diablo Valley School, Concord, CA
• Five Creeks Studio, Berkley, CA
• Global Village School, Ojai, CA
• Leeway Sudbury School, San Diego, CA
• Life Lived Freely, Los Angeles, CA
• The Open School, Orange, CA
• Play Mountain Place, Los Angeles, CA
• Village Sudbury School, Whittier

Colorado 

• Alpine Valley School, Wheat Ridge, CO
• The Boulder Sudbury School, Boulder, CO
• Compass for Life Long Discovery, CO
• Eagle Rock School, Estes Park, CO
• Jefferson County Open School, Lakewood, CO
• Sudbury Ft. Collins, Fort Collins
• The Patchwork School, Louisville, CO

Connecticut 

Delaware 

• The New School, Newark, DE

Florida 

• Gainesville Sudbury School, Gainesville
• Grassroots School, Tallahassee, FL
• SAIL High School, Tallahassee, FL
• Spring Valley School, Palm Harbor, FL
• Sudbury School of Jacksonville, Jacksonville
• Sunset Sudbury School, Davie, FL

Georgia 

Hawaii 

• Dragon’s eye Learning Center, Pahoa, HI
• Open Source Learning, Kapaa, HI

Idaho

• Willow Creek Sudbury School, Idaho Falls

Illinois

• Apogee Academy, Chicago, IL
• Tallgrass Sudbury School, Riverside, IL

Indiana 

• Harmony Education Center, Bloomington, IN

Kentucky

• Mosaic Sudbury School, Louisville

Louisiana

• Layfayette Sudbury School, Maurice

Maine 

• The Community School, Camden, ME
• The Discovery School, Lewiston, ME
• The New School, Kennebunk, ME
• River School, Belfast, ME
• School Around Us, Arundel, ME

Maryland 

Massachusetts 

• Balance Rock Center, Jefferson, MA
• Mission Hill School, Boston, MA
• The Raven Freedom School, Worcester, MA
• School Within a School (Brookline High School), Brookline, MA
• Stone Soup School, Worcester, MA
• Sudbury Valley School, Framingham, MA

Michigan 

Minnesota 

• GAIA Democratic School, Minneapolis

Montana

• Glacier Lake School, Saint Ignatius, MT
• Kids by Nature, Kalispell, MT

New Hampshire 

New Jersey 

New Mexico 

• The Tutorial School, Sante Fe, NM

New York 

• Academic Community for Educational Success, Bedford Hills, NY
• Agile Learning Center, NYC
• Brooklyn Free School, Brooklyn, NY
• The Free School, Albany, NY
• Hudson Valley Sudbury School, Kingston, NY
• Lehman Alternative Community School, Ithaca, NY
• Little River Community School, Canton, NY
• Longview School, Brewster, NY
• Pono, New York, NY
• Scarsdale Alternative School, Scarsdale, NY
• School Without Walls, Rochester, NY

North Carolina 

Ohio 

Oregon 

Pennsylvania

Rhode Island 

• The Metropolitan Regional Career and Technical Center, Providence, RI

Tennessee 

• The Farm School, Summertown, TN
• Nashville Sudbury School, Nashville, TN

Texas 

• 9th Street Schoolhouse, Austin
• Abrome, Austin
• Clearview Sudbury School, Austin, TX
• Great Oak School, Houston, TX
• Greenbriar Community School, Bastrop, TX
• Houston Sudbury School, Houston, TX
• Makarios Learning Community, Dallas-Ft. Worth Area
• The Real School AKA Dragon Valley, Houston, TX
• Sudbury Schoolhouse, Kyle, TX
• Whole Life Learning Center, Austin, TX

Utah 

• Sego Lily School, Salt Lake City, UT

Vermont 

• Red Cedar School, Bristol, VT
• River Rock, Montpelier, VT

Virginia 

Washington 

West Virginia 

• The Highland School, Highland, WV

Wisconsin