Resources

WEBSITE LINKS

Other Schools

Our Program is modeled after:

Sudbury Valley School (Framingham, MA)

There are two other Sudbury schools in Maryland:

Fairhaven (Upper Marlboro, MD)

Arts and Ideas (Baltimore, MD)

as well as a school in Pennsylvania:

The Circle School (Harrisburg, PA)

and a boarding version in nearby West Virginia:

The Highland School (Highland, WV)

(for a full listing of schools modeled on the Sudbury Valley School, visit the "SCHOOLS" link at Sudbury Valley School)

There are other non-Sudbury schools that incorporate many (but not all) features of a Sudbury School:

Albany Free School (Albany, NY)

Brooklyn Free School (Brooklyn, NY)

The Patchwork School (Louisville, CO)

A group is working on starting a nature-based Charter School in our area:

http://senecacreeknatureschool.org/

Organizations

AERO (Alternative Education Resource Organization)

ARTICLE/BLOG LINKS

Freedom to Learn

Psychology Today blog by Peter Gray

Learning Through Play

Frederick Child Magazine article - by The Freedom School

A Place Where Kids Love School

Pathways Magazine article - The Freedom School

No Tests, No Homework

Washington Post article about the Brooklyn Free School

Learning on Their Own Terms

Washington Post article about Fairhaven School, a Maryland Sudbury school

Paths of Learning

Links to Essays by Dr. Ron Miller

FreedomHill

self-directed learning / democratic environment