The National Coalition of Alternative Community Schools Our mission is to unite and organize a grassroots movement of learners and learning communities dedicated to participant control and the elimination of human and ecological oppression.
Wondertree Foundation Our new paradigm of learning is a comprehensive science and art of respect, of self-design and global ecology, and a fundamental acknowledgment of every individual's ability and their right to fulfillment.
A directory of thousands of non-public schools, daycare centers and nursery schools. A free directory with information on thousands of private and parochial schools, daycare centers and nursery schools in major cities across the U.S.A. Includes info on student/teacher ratios, tuition, enrollment etc.This directory is free for both the parent and the listed schools.
Accelerated Schools Project Treats all children as gifted and builds on their strengths through enrichment strategies, independent research, problem solving, science, writing, music, and art.
Adolescent Schools.Com Kids out of control? Need Help before they self destruct? Private treatment centers dealing with troubled teens, discipline problems and anti-social behavior.
Alternative Education For over a hundred years, women and men of good will are working to transform the educational system. This webpage is dedicated to them in order to get them to know that despite the relative isolation from everyday's life, there are numerous people around the world working in the same way.
Alternative Education The following strands/topics are grounded in a wish to support "public education" by pressing it to become more accepting of educational diversity for families, students and educators and by providing assistance to families and educators as they struggle with the new choice paradigm within public systems.
Alternative Education Resource Organization (AERO) The Alternative Education Resource Organization (AERO) is a non-profit organization founded in 1989 by education expert Jerry Mintz to advance learner-centered approaches to education. AERO is considered by many to be the primary hub of communications for educational alternatives around the world.
Alternative Learning Organization Welcome to Alternative Learning Foundation helping to implement learner freedom in education, worldwide!
Association for Experiential Education The mission of the Association for Experiential Education is to develop and promote experiential education. The Association is committed to support professional development, theoretical advancement, and evaluation of experiential education worldwide.
California - Boston School Our mission is to unite and organize a grassroots movement of learners and learning communities dedicated to participant control and the elimination of human and ecological oppression.
California - Open Alternative School The Open Alternative Child Care program was established in the fall of 1988, creating a continuity of place on-site that provides for the young children of the school. A committee of parents provides administrative leadership. The program is funded and evaluated by the participating parents of the enrolled children.
California - Play Mountain Place Our mission is to provide a humanistic educational environment that is developmentally appropriate for each age group. Our curriculum is organic, child-initiated, and primarily experiential.
California-Sequoyah School Sequoyah School was founded in 1958 by a group of Pasadena area parents and educators who were seeking a thoughtful alternative to standardized classroom teaching. Today as a member of the Network of Progressive Educators, the school is nationally known for its innovative curriculum and its child-centered philosophy.
Canada - Windsor House for over 25 years, the Windsor House Parent Involvement School has evolved as a public alternative, learner-centered school for ages 5-18, with a plethora of activities and academics for satisfying all levels and ranges of curiosity. Currently, it is academically non-coercive and has democratic structures and committees similar to those of Sudbury Valley.
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Colorado - Jefferson County Open School The Open School is a school of choice by students, parents, and teachers who want an emphasis on self-directed learning and active participation in the learning process in and out of the school setting.
Colorado - The Living School The Living School is a learning environment in which each child is free to pursue the creative and academic areas to which the individual child is naturally drawn. The school provides a safe and supportive location for this learning activity as well as a wide variety of mentors and experiential learning situations.
Global Classroom Resources A collection of other networked learning opportunities for teachers and students. These links will take you directly to projects and provide you with details of how you can become involved. The level of collaboration and teaching and learning activities linked to the projects offered at these sites varies.
Illinois - Alternative Schools Network The Alternative Schools Network (ASN) is a not-for profit organization in Chicago working to provide quality education for everyone with a specific emphasis on inner-city children, youths and adults. Since 1973, the ASN has been active in supporting community-based and community run programs to develop and expand needed education, training and support services, particularly in Chicago's inner-city neighborhoods.
Learning Village Learning Village is an independent review and advisory centre for parents and teachers who are looking for credible information on the best in educational software.
Maine-Evergreen Sudbury School The Evergreen Sudbury School is a very unusual school. We have no grades, no homework or tests (unless students ask for them), and no evaluations.
Massachusetts-The Sudbury Valley School Here, students initiate all their own activities. The staff, the plant, the equipment are there to answer their needs. Learning takes place in formal and informal settings, in large and small groups, or individually. All ages are free to mix at all times. The dynamics among students of different ages, helping each other learn about everything from human relations to math, is one of the greatest strengths of the school.
Michigan - Clonlara School Clonlara School, founded in 1967 by Pat and Jim Montgomery, is an independent, innovative school headquartered in Ann Arbor, Michigan. The Clonlara School, Home Based Education Program, an extension of Clonlara School, was started in 1979 and serves families in ten countries.
Missouri Association for Alternative Education Mission: To provide a collegial group of educators interested in any aspect of alternative education or instruction, which is significantly different from that found in the traditional public school classroom.
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Montessori Open House Overview of Montessori philosophy of education in a virtual preschool. Curriculum areas presentation by topic through lesson plans, project ideas, books reviews, stories, links around the globe.
Montessori Schools The Montessori approach is often described as an "education for life." When we try to define what children take away from their years in Montessori, we need to expand our vision to include more than just the basic academic skills.
MyGlobalClassroom MyGlobalClassroom offers enrichment programming that is produced and supplied by renowned art, science, and cultural institutions. Through our partnerships with major museums, performing arts companies, and zoos, children can be exposed to age-appropriate enrichment as never before.
New Jersey - Kids1, Inc. High Roads Schools To build the confidence and competence of children facing learning, language, and social challenges through personalized, academic interventions.
Ontario Alternative Education Association There has been considerable discussion as to what constitutes Alternative Education. Many board-designed programs for at-risk students have been mistakenly labelled as Alternative Programs when in reality they possess none of the characteristics that define Alternative Education.
Pennsylvania - The Circle School "We believe in the wisdom of each person to know what's best for him or her. We believe that in maturing we grow toward that wisdom discovering, accepting, and becoming ourselves. When we talk of 'wholeness' we mean the fullest expression of that wisdom in our lives. We believe that we can best support the maturing of persons by modeling the highest values we know, and offering exposure, resources, and guidance in the exercise of body, mind, and spirit."
Pennsylvania - Upattinas Open Community School Upattinas Open Community School and Educational Resource Center was founded in 1971 by a group of parents and educators who wanted to be involved in the creation of a holistic, experiential learning setting for children.
Reality Based Learning The Reality Based Learning System is an integrated, Web-based set of assessments and activities specifically developed for young learners. The System automatically places students within the curricula and reports real-time data to educators.
Schoolz Out Welcome to Schoolz Out! The City of Sunderland's Out of School Hours Learning Activities Programme.
Tennessee - Kids To The Country Kids To The Country, (KTC) is a successful and innovative youth program, that has brought more than 1,700 disadvantaged children from Nashville and Middle Tennessee to The Farm, a community which sits on 1,750 acres of beautiful fields and woods located on the rim of the Nashville Basin near Summertown.
Texas Association of Alternative Education Alternative educators and related-field professionals teach these students how to stay focused, regain self-esteem and become a productive citizen in today’s fast-paced world.
The Foundation for Educational Renewal We aim to inspire parents, teachers, and others interested in educational practices and policy to consider diverse ways in which children and adults can gain meaningful, integrated knowledge to develop their own authentic potentials. Sponsored by the Foundation for Educational Renewal, we offer a popular magazine that you can share with friends, a free online resource center to support the growth of educational alternatives, and new books that will invigorate your imagination for what is possible in education and how you can get involved.
Transforming Education K-12 This floor is devoted to the possibilities of creating new kinds of educational systems and learning communities for today's students now in the process of becoming the adults of tomorrow's world.
Virginia - Blacksburg New School The Mission of the Blacksburg New School is to serve its students, teachers, and parents by providing a cooperative educational environment. We are committed to academic and civic excellence, to individual and community responsibility, and to the love of learning.
Virginia - Community School Community School recognizes that each child is an individual; that all children are creative; that all children need to succeed. Therefore, Community School respects the individual needs of children; fosters a caring and creative environment; and emphasizes the social, emotional, physical, intellectual development of each child.
Virginia - The New School "The New School of Northern Virginia is a small, holistic school that seeks to educate the whole child for the twenty-first century. The New School's student body is inclusive, co-educational,and reflective of the diversity and richness of the Northern Virginia community.
Waldorf Schools Waldorf education was conceived by Rudolf Steiner. He believed that modern Western society had placed too much emphasis on external, matrialistic values, at the expense of the imaginative, creative innermost spirit of the human being.
Afterschool Alliance The Afterschool Alliance was launched publicly in September 1999 as a coalition of public, private, and nonprofit organizations dedicated to raising awareness of the importance of afterschool programs and advocating for quality, affordable programs for all children.
Minnesota Waldorf School Nurture a natural childhood for your little one!Minnesota Waldorf School offers parent/child classes, parenting workshops, and craft classes. Founded in 1981, MWS is a fully accredited preK-Grade 8 Waldorf school located near 35E and Hwy 36.
New Dimensions School New Dimensions is a community-based school where children's interests and assets provide the foundation for promoting a lifelong "love of learning." The possibilities for learning are everywhere, occurring all of the time in our preK-5 curriculum that values learner-centered and interest-based education, multiple types of intelligence, diverse learning styles, and the resources, talents, and gifts of parents and other community members.
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