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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. 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.

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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 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. Daniel Greenberg, one of the founders of the Sudbury Valley School has written that there are two things that distinguish a Sudbury Model school: everyone is treated equally and there is no authority other than that granted by the governed. 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 web sites of those specific schools.

Belgium

  • Sudbury School Gent
  • École Autonome, Genval

    • Brazil

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

    • Czech Republic

  • Základní škola Donum Felix, Buštěhrad

    • Denmark

  • Roskilde Sudbury Skole, Roskilde

    • France

  • École Dynamique, Paris
  • Sudbury School Paris, Paris
  • Le carré libre, Quimper
  • École Démocratique de Paris, Paris
  • Le point d'O, Tours
  • Ecole Créactive, Montauban (82)
  • Ecole Nikola Tesla, Lyon
  • Skholè, Sophia Antipolis

    • 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

  • Nishinomiya Sudbury School, Nishinomiya
  • Democratic School Makkuro-kurosuke, Kanzaki, Hyogo
  • Shonan Sudbury School, Chigasaki
  • Okinawa Sudbury School, Ginowan-shi
  • Tokyo Sudbury School, Setagaya
  • Yatsugatake Sudbury School, Hokuto, Yamanashi
  • Mikawa Sudbury seedome, Okazaki, Aichi

    • Netherlands

  • Sudburyschool Harderwijk, Harderwijk

    • Switzerland

  • FOKUS selbstbestimmt lernen, Bottmingen

    • United States

    California

  • Altadena Free School, Altadena, California
  • Diablo Valley School, Concord, California
  • The Open School, Orange County, California
  • Village Sudbury School, Whittier, California

    • Colorado

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

    • 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

    • Illinois

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

    • Kentucky

  • Stonecote Sudbury School, 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

    • North Carolina

  • Pathfinder Community School, Durham, North Carolina (under development)

    • New York

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

    • 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 Community School, Dallas, Texas
  • 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

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

    • Washington

  • The Clearwater School, Bothell, Washington

    • West Virginia

  • The Highland School, Highland, West Virginia

    • 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

    • Spain

  • La Rosa de los Vientos, Manzanares el Real, Madrid (2016, temporarily closed)

    • United States

  • Big Rock Sudbury School, Novato, California (archived web page) (closed in 2007)
  • Blue Ridge Sudbury School, Lynchburg, Virginia
  • Brazos Valley Sudbury School, Waller County, Texas
  • Cedarwood Sudbury School, Santa Clara, California (archived web page)
  • 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
  • Jordan Lake Sudbury School, Cary, North Carolina (archived web page)
  • Leeway Sudbury School, La Mesa, California.
  • Open Source Learning, Kauai's Sudbury School, Hawaii.
  • River Valley Sudbury School, Chester, Connecticut

    • References

    List of Sudbury schools Wikipedia
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