Progressive Education - Schools and Colleges Employing The Dewey Model

Schools and Colleges Employing The Dewey Model

The United States

• The oldest progressive school in the United States (1907) started by Marietta Pierce Johnson, renowned progressive pedagogist, as an experimental progressive school. Many progressive schools across the nation and internationally were modeled after the Organic School.
• Ann Arbor Open School - A progressive K-8 school in the Ann Arbor Public School District in Michigan
• Bank Street College of Education - A Progressive Children's School and College of Education in New York, New York, founded in 1916.
• City and Country School - A Progressive Children's School in Greenwich Village, New York, founded in 1914 by Caroline Pratt
• Calhoun School - A progressive preK-12 school in Manhattan, New York.
• Park Day School - A diverse, independent bridge-K through 8th grade school with a 35 year history of progressive education. Located in Oakland, California.
• The Cambridge School of Weston - A progressive day/boarding school, grades 9-12, founded in 1886 and located in Weston, Massachusetts.
• City Neighbors Charter School - A Progressive model of 3 grassroots public schools serving approximately 560 students in Grades k-12 in Baltimore City.
• Conservatory Prep Senior High - An arts-integrated experiential school for grades 8-12 in Davie, FL.
• Stevens Cooperative School - A progressive elementary school and parent cooperative with two campuses in Hoboken and Jersey City, New Jersey, founded in 1949.
• The Crefeld School - A Progressive secondary school serving approximately 100 students in Grades 7-12 in the greater Philadelphia area.
• The Park School of Buffalo - A Progressive school for grades K-12 in Snyder, New York, founded in 1912.
• Christa McAuliffe School - A progressive K-8 school in the Cupertino Union School District in California
• The Peninsula School - A Progressive elementary school in Menlo Park, California
• Friends School of Minnesota - A Progressive K-8 Quaker school in St. Paul, Minnesota.
• Ethical Culture Fieldston School - An independent Progressive K-12 school in Riverdale, New York.
• Little Red School House & Elisabeth Irwin High School - An independent Progressive preK-12 school in Manhattan, New York.
• Children's Community School - A progressive elementary school in Van Nuys, California
• Oakwood School (California) - A progressive junior high to high school in North Hollywood, California
• Project Learn School- A progressive cooperative school in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, serving about 80 students in grades K-8.
• Sequoyah School - A child-centered/progressive school for 5- to 14-year-olds in Pasadena, California
• The Little School: www.thelittleschool.org - A Progressive school for ages 3–12 in Bellevue, Washington, founded in 1959
• The Park School of Baltimore - A Progressive school for grades K-12 in Pikesville, Maryland, founded in 1912.
• Buxton School A Progressive coed boarding/day school for grade 9-12 in Williamstown, Massachusetts, founded in 1928.
• The Putney School - A Progressive coed boarding/day school for grades 9-12 in Putney, Vermont, founded in 1935
• St. Francis School - A progressive K-8 school in Goshen, Kentucky
• Summers-Knoll School - A progressive K-8 independent school in Ann Arbor, Michigan.
• The Dragon Academy - A progressive museum based middle and high school in Toronto, Canada
• Oak Lane Day School - A progressive preschool through sixth grade near Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, founded in 1916
• The Miquon School - A progressive PK-6 school founded in 1932 near Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
• Chatsworth Hills Academy - Preschool through 8th grade located in Chatsworth, California (San Fernando Valley)
• Wildwood School Wildwood School is a K-12, co-educational, college preparatory day school located in Los Angeles, California. As a nationally acclaimed independent school founded on a progressive, research-based approach, Wildwood emphasizes academic excellence and instills a genuine passion for learning. The program focuses on project-based learning, a proven methodology that blends math, science, the arts, and humanities to provide students with a deep educational experience.
• Voyagers' Community School - A progressive, independent, private school for Early Kindergarten through 12th grade located in Farmingdale, New Jersey, founded in 2004
• The School in Rose Valley SRV is a pre-school through 6th grade, co-educational day school near Philadelphia. It was founded in 1929 based on John Dewey's principles.
• Green Acres School - A progressive pre-k to 8 independent school in Rockville, Maryland.
• Corlears School - A progressive pre-k to 5th grade private school in Manhattan, NY.
• The Howard Gardner School - A small independent school based in the tradition of progressive education, serving college-bound learners in grades 7-12 in Alexandria, Virginia. Founded in 2004, with a focus on environmental science and the arts.
• Honey Fern School - A progressive 6-12 school near Atlanta, GA.
• Cold Spring School, New Haven, CT (coldspringschool.org). An independent day school with approximately 120 students in preschool through sixth grade. The school is located in an urban New Haven neighborhood adjacent to a city park that overlooks the Long Island Sound.

Colleges

• Bank Street College of Education - Founded in 1916, Bank Street is known for its progressive educational approach. Combining current scholarship on child-centered education, psychological development, and practical experience, the College offers three program areas: The Graduate School of Education, Children's Programs, and the Division of Continuing Education. The Bank Street Bookstore specializes in children's books and educational materials for children and educators, and is considered one of the best children's bookstores in New York City.
• Goddard College - A progressive college founded on the ideals and work of John Dewey. Goddard offers BA, MA and MFA low residency programs in Writing, Education, Psychology, Health Arts, Interdisciplinary Arts and Individually designed programs for working adults. Eight day residencies in Plainfield, Vermont and Port Townsend, Washington
• Soka University of America - A four year college founded in 2001 in Aliso Viejo, California.
• The Evergreen State College - A state sponsored college in Olympia, Washington that emphasizes book seminars, an open interdisciplinary curricula with students taking a single course at a time that may last several quarters and written evaluations rather than numerical grades.
• Antioch College - the result of American educator Horace Mann's dream to establish a college comparable to Harvard but with some notable differences. This college was to be completely non-sectarian and co-educational, and with a curriculum that would not only include the traditional treatment of the classics, but would emphasize science and the scientific method, history and modern literature of
• Sarah Lawrence College- a private, independent, co-educational liberal arts college founded on the principles of John Dewey. Its unique pedagogy, emphasizing students' individual development through tutorials ("conferencing") and personal mentoring of students by faculty ("donning"), together with an emphasis on writing, an open curriculum and education of the "whole person"produces engaged students in fields that range from the arts to medicine; from public service to law.
• Union Institute & University BA program in Montpelier and Brattleboro, Vermont, offering Bachelor of Arts in low-residency and online programs, a leader in progressive student-centered higher education for working adults. Offering Bachelor of Arts in Liberal Studies with concentrations in Women's and Gender Studies, Literature and Writing, Psychology, Education, Historical, Social and Cultural Studies, the Arts, Religious, Spiritual and Holitistic Studies, Environmental Studies, and a Teacher Licensure Program. The low-residency M.Ed. in Montpelier, Vermont is designed for working adults and uses a progressive, student-centered model.
• Bennington College - a small, liberal arts school with a self-designed baccalaureate program described as the "Plan Process" in which students collaborate with faculty to establish their own requirements, often across many fields. The school claims to not have disciplinary boundaries, so students do not major, but rather concentrate in a field or concept.

Germany

• Laborschule Bielefeld - Founded in 1974, the Laborschule in Bielefeld (Germany) is named by the German translation of laboratory school. The Laborschule explicitly uses democratic concepts as suggested by Dewey. Studies in the last years have proven the successful implementation of these concepts into a living community.