The Sudbury model of democratic education is named after the school that pioneered it - [Sudbury Valley School]. Since it was founded in 1968, the Framingham, Massachusetts school has been a source of inspiration for dozens of schools and institutions, and there are currently over 40 Sudbury schools around the world. Certain facets of the model separate it from other democratic schools and free schools, although there are evident similarities. One central defining aspect is the non-compulsory nature of the model and the equal, nonjudgmental treatment of all activities (within the bounds of school rules regarding behavior and conduct) which results in a great de-emphasis of classes and other activities normally emphasized for their educational value.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sudbury_school

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Sudbury_Schools

• New York State:

  • [Ulster County] http://www.hudsonvalleyschool.org/

    • interesting [Summer Camp] http://www.hudsonvalleyschool.org/camp.php

  • [Westchester County] http://www.longviewschool.org/

profile from 2006 - It may be that the culturally rich environments at home contribute the lion's share to how they turn out, and the kids would do well in any school that didn't destroy motivation. It may be that the Sudbury-style schools work so well because they are small: Their values have a chance to spread by contagion, and bad choices are constrained by the power of social approval. No one can say for sure.

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