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Category Archives: Democratic schools
International Democratic Education Conference
April 12, 2005 – 11:33 am
Member John Loflin attended the IDEC conference last December (2004) in India. His report shows the great interest in alternative schools throughout the world. The next annual IDEC conference will be in Berlin, July 30-August 7, 2005 . The Education Revolution site managed by Jerry Mintz has valuable information about democratic schools including lists and [...]
World Directory of Democratic Schools
March 7, 2005 – 7:56 pm
The Alternative Education Resource Center (AERO) has catalogued a huge list of democratic schools (mostly small learner-centered alternative schools) in 26 countries plus most of the states in the U.S. Use this link to look up a country or state to see these member schools. AERO provides a wide range of resources, links, conferences to [...]
National Coalition of Alternative Community Schools
February 22, 2005 – 4:53 pm
NCACS is a long-time “association of schools, groups and individuals committed to participant control, whereby students, parents and staff create and implement their own learning programs.” NCACS: -Supports and strengthens alternative educational approaches. -Facilitates communication and exchanges among members. -Serves as an advocate for alternatives in education…. This is a grassroots organization dedicated to freedom [...]
International Democratic Education Conference
January 16, 2005 – 9:42 pm
The 10 day 12th International Democratic Education Conference was recently held in Bhubaneshwar, India with a view to strengthen a global movement that aims to make both teacher and child participants in the process of learning through democratic ideals. Around 400 delegates, including students and adults form 19 nations, attended. The theme was Shanti (peace) [...]
Alternative “free schools”
May 22, 2004 – 11:23 am
We’re seeing an increase in schools that give enormous freedom to students and staff. Well-known in this category is the Sudbury Valley School in Sudbury, Massachusetts. Serving K-12 students, the school is now in the its 36th year and has at least 31 replications. One of those schools, Fairhaven, received considerable publicity in an Education [...]
164 Democratic Schools Worldwide
April 4, 2004 – 9:29 pm
This list of 164 schools by the Education Revolution Resource Organization includes schools which have described themselves as democratic, or have been described as democratic by researchers. Generally, these schools involve some or all of the characteristics noted on the democratic education homepage. Many are private schools given the reluctance of governments to approve such [...]
Source and Magazine on Alternatives
August 19, 2003 – 12:22 pm
Very comprehensive coverage, particularly of democratic and small private alternative schools, including international coverage, is found in Education Revolution, published 4 times a year.