List of Sudbury schools

Sudbury schools practice a form of democratic education in which students individually decide what to do with their time, and learn as a by-product of ordinary experience rather than through classes or a standard curriculum.^[1] Students are given complete responsibility for their own education and the school is run by a direct democracy in which students and staff have an equal vote.

The 'Sudbury' name refers to Sudbury Valley School, founded in 1968 in Framingham, Massachusetts, one of the first schools of this type in North America. The oldest democratic school in existence is the Summerhill School in Suffolk, England, founded in 1921. The Sudbury Valley School has been the inspiration for numerous schools^[2] that now informally consider themselves 'Sudbury schools' in addition to being democratic schools.

Australia

• Booroobin Sudbury Democratic Centre of Learning, City of Caloundra, Queensland

Belgium

• Leerhuis brussel
• Sudbury school Gent

Denmark

• Den Demokratiske Skole, Roskilde

Germany

• Neue Schule Hamburg, Hamburg
• TING-Schule, Berlin

Israel

• "Kanaf" Democratic School, Golan Heights
• Sudbury Jerusalem, Jerusalem

Japan

• Kobe Sudbury School, Nishinomiya City
• Democratic School Makkukurosuke, Kanzakigun
• Shonan Sudbury School, Chigasaki-shi
• Okinawa Sudbury School, Ginowan-shi

Netherlands

• De Kampanje, Amersfoort
• De Koers, Beverwijk

United States

Arizona

• Prescott Sudbury School (planning stages) (Prescott)

California

• The Diablo Valley School, Concord, California
• Cedarwood Sudbury School, Santa Clara, California (archived web page)

Colorado

• Alpine Valley School, Wheat Ridge, Colorado

Connecticut

• River Valley Sudbury School, Chester, Connecticut
• Mountain Laurel Sudbury School, New Britain, Connecticut

Delaware

• The New School, Newark, Delaware

Florida

• Sunset Sudbury School, Davie, Florida
• Spring Valley School, Palm Harbor, Florida

Hawaii

• Open Source Learning, Kauai's Sudbury School, Kapaa, Hawaii - established 2009.

Illinois

• Tallgrass Sudbury School, Riverside, Illinois - established 2008.

Maine

• Evergreen Sudbury School, Hallowell, Maine

Maryland

• Arts & Ideas Sudbury School, Baltimore, Maryland
• Freedom Hill Cooperative, Dickerson, Maryland
• Fairhaven School, Upper Marlboro, Maryland

Massachusetts

• Sudbury Valley School, Framingham, Massachusetts

New Jersey

• Bergen Sudbury Free School, Bergen County, New Jersey - under development

New York

• Longview School, Cortlandt Manor, New York
• Hudson Valley Sudbury School, Kingston, New York

North Carolina

• Jordan Lake Sudbury School, Cary, North Carolina

Oregon

• Eugene Sudbury School, Eugene, Oregon

Pennsylvania

• The Circle School, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania

Texas

• Clearview Sudbury School, Austin, Texas

Utah

• Sego Lily School, Salt Lake City, Utah

Virginia

• Blue Ridge Sudbury School, Lynchburg, Virginia (closed)
• Shenandoah Valley Community School, Harrisonburg, Virginia

Washington

• The Trillium School, Indianola, Washington
• The Clearwater School, Bothell, Washington
• Rising Tide School, Olympia, Washington

West Virginia

• The Highland School, Highland, West Virginia

Former schools

Belgium

• Sudbury De vlinder (Ghent)

Canada

• Indigo Sudbury Campus, Edmonton, Alberta (closed, 2009)
• The Beach School (Toronto, Ontario)(closed, 2008)
• The Fairfield School (Wolfville, Nova Scotia)(closed, 2007)

United States

• The Chicago Sudbury School (Chicago, Illinois)
• Big Rock SudburySchool (Novato, California)
• Greenwood Sudbury School (Hampton, CT)
• Full Circle Community School (Orlando, Florida)

See also

• Sudbury Valley School
• Democratic education
• List of democratic schools

References

1. ^ http://www.sudval.org/01_abou_02.html
2. ^ "Education:Class Dismissed". Psychology Today. 2006-05-01. http://www.psychologytoday.com/articles/200604/education-class-dismissed. Retrieved 2010-02-12. "Since 1991, more than three dozen Sudbury-type schools have sprouted around the country and the world"