List of Sudbury schools

Sudbury schools practice a form of schooling 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 have complete responsibility for their own education and the school is run by a direct democracy in which students and staff have an equal vote.^[2]

The 'Sudbury' name refers to Sudbury Valley School, founded in 1968 in Framingham, Massachusetts. The Sudbury Valley School has been the inspiration for numerous schools^[3] many of which refer to themselves as 'Sudbury schools.'

The Sudbury Valley School formally rejects the idea that there can be an official definition or official list of Sudbury schools and in 2016 ended its earlier practice of linking to other schools which claimed to operate in a manner similar to them.^[4] A few schools which refer to themselves as Sudbury Schools continue to publish their own lists of schools for which they feel an affinity; those lists you may find referenced on the home pages of those specific schools.

A full statement from the Sudbury Valley School about other lists and links can be found at otherschools.sudburyvalley.org

Belgium

• Sudbury School Gent^[5]

Brazil

• Casa da Árvore - Comunidade Democrática de Aprendizagem Livre (in formation)

Denmark

• Roskilde Sudbury Skole, Roskilde

France

• École Dynamique, Paris
• Sudbury School Paris, Paris

Germany

• [Demokratische Schule X], Berlin
• Neue Schule Hamburg, Hamburg
• TING-Schule, Berlin
• Sudbury Schule Ammersee, Munich

Ireland

• Wicklow Sudbury School, South_Dublin

Israel

• "Kanaf" Democratic School, Golan Heights
• Sudbury Jerusalem, Jerusalem
• Sudbury Haֿ’Ella valley, Valley of Elah

Japan

• Kobe Sudbury School, Nishinomiya
• Democratic School Makkuro-kurosuke, Kanzaki, Hyogo
• Shonan Sudbury School, Chigasaki
• Okinawa Sudbury School, Ginowan-shi

Netherlands

• Newschool.nu, Harderwijk

Spain

• La Rosa de los Vientos, Manzanares el Real, Madrid (opening September 2016)

United States

California

• Altadena Free School, Altadena, California
• The Diablo Valley School, Concord, California
• The Open School, Orange County, California
• Village Sudbury School, Whittier, California (opening September 2016)

Colorado

• Alpine Valley School, Wheat Ridge, Colorado
• The Boulder Sudbury School, Boulder, Colorado
• Sudbury Ft. Collins, Ft. Collins, Colorado (planning stages)

Connecticut

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

Delaware

• The New School, Newark, Delaware

Florida

• Sunset Sudbury School, Fort Lauderdale, Florida
• Spring Valley School, Palm Harbor, Florida

Georgia

• Sudbury School of Atlanta, Atlanta, Georgia

Hawaii

• Open Source Learning, Kauai's Sudbury School, Kapaa, Hawaii (established 2009)

Illinois

• Tallgrass Sudbury School, Riverside, Illinois (a western suburb of Chicago) (established 2008)

Indiana

• Sudbury School of Kentuckiana, Southern Indiana (Clarksville, Jeffersonville, New Albany) (planning stages)

Kentucky

• Sudbury School of Kentuckiana, Louisville, Kentucky (planning stages)

Maryland

• Arts & Ideas Sudbury School, Baltimore
• Fairhaven School, Upper Marlboro, Maryland
• The Living Water School, Hillcrest Heights, Maryland

Massachusetts

• Sudbury Valley School, Framingham, Massachusetts

Michigan

• The Sudbury School at Acorn Glen, Ann Arbor, Michigan

Montana

• The Glacier Lake School, Saint Ignatius, Montana

New Jersey

• Bergen Sudbury Free School, Bergen County, New Jersey (under development)
• Jersey Shore Free School, Little Silver, New Jersey
• South Jersey Sudbury School, Medford, New Jersey

New York

• Longview School, Brewster, New York
• Hudson Valley Sudbury School, Kingston, New York

North Carolina

• Jordan Lake Sudbury School, Cary, North Carolina

Ohio

• Kokosing Valley School, Gambier, Ohio

Oregon

• Eugene Sudbury School, Eugene, Oregon

Pennsylvania

• The Circle School, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
• Philly Free School, Philadelphia
• Three Rivers Village School, Pittsburgh

Texas

• Clearview Sudbury School, Austin, Texas
• Makarios Learning Community, Dallas
• Houston Sudbury School, Houston
• Monarch Village Sudbury School, Beaumont, Texas

Utah

• Alpine Valley Academy, Alpine, Utah (in formation)
• Sego Lily School, Salt Lake City

Virginia

• The Jefferson Sudbury School, Fredericksburg, Virginia (planning stages)
• Shenandoah Valley Community School, Harrisonburg, Virginia

Washington

• The Clearwater School, Bothell, Washington

West Virginia

• The Highland School, Highland, West Virginia

Former schools

Australia

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

Canada

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

Denmark

• Næstved Fri Skole, Næstved (not a Sudbury School anymore)

Germany

• Katzenhäusle, Überlingen (2004-2005)
• Sudbury-Lernzentrum Leipzig, Leipzig, (2005-2008)

Netherlands

• De Kampanje, Amersfoort
• De Koers, Beverwijk

United States

• Big Rock Sudbury School, Novato, California (archived web page) (closed in 2007)^[6]
• Blue Ridge Sudbury School, Lynchburg, Virginia
• Cedarwood Sudbury School, Santa Clara, California (archived web page)^[7]
• The Chicago Sudbury School, Chicago, Illinois
• Evergreen Sudbury School, Hallowell, Maine
• Full Circle Community School, Orlando, Florida
• Greenwood Sudbury School, Hampton, Connecticut
• Rising Tide School, Olympia, Washington
• The Trillium School, Indianola, Washington

See also

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

References

1. Sudbury Valley School • About SVS - School Days Retrieved September 2, 2013.
2. Ellis, Arthur K. (2004). Exemplars of curriculum theory. Eye on Education. ISBN 1-930556-70-5.
3. "Education: Class Dismissed". Psychology Today. 2006-05-01. Retrieved September 2, 2013. Since 1991, more than three dozen Sudbury-type schools have sprouted around the country and the world.
4. "Other Schools".
5. The European Democratic Education Community
6. Big Rock Sudbury School at the Wayback Machine (archived October 12, 2007). Retrieved September 2, 2013. "Big Rock Sudbury School is closed as of June 16, 2007, and is no longer in operation... Our thanks go to all of the students, parents, staff and volunteers that made the school a reality, for all the support and passion that went into the school over the four fun even if bumpy years of existence, and for the difference that it made for the almost 70 kids and their families that attended Big Rock Sudbury School during that time. This is the web site as it was at the time of closing."
7. Cedarwood Sudbury School at the Wayback Machine (archived October 24, 2007). Retrieved September 2, 2013.

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