Institutions and Organizations

Below you will find links to some of the innovative "free" schools of the present as well as the Modern School of Stelton, New Jersey that is no longer in existence. There are also links to community-centered organizations that were founded on the principles of popular education and social justice.

Gardner School in Vancouver, WA is a K-8 school that educates the whole child, while having the students work with the community. The curriculum follows the philosophy of John Gardner's theory of multiple intelligence.

Hull House is a community-centered social services organization in Chicago established by Jane Adams in 1889.

Highlander Research and Education Center is a non-profit organization that provides education and training for community organizations in the Appalachia and South that are fighting oppression and/or injustice.

The University of Chicago Laboratory Schools was established in 1896 at the University of Chicago. The school was conceived by John Dewey as an expermiment in his philosophy that children learn better when what they learn is related to their own lives and that education should be student-centered rather than content-centered.

Summerhill is a "free" school in Suffolk, Great Britain. Founded in 1921 by A.S. Neill, Summerhill is an experimental school where lessons are optional and the rules and regulations are changed weekly.

The Waldorf method of education was founded by Rudolf Steiner and these schools can be found throughout the world. For information on the North American Waldorf schools, go to the AWSNA web site. For information on educational projects based on the theories of Rudolf Steiner, try the Rudolf Steiner Foundation website.

Rutgers University has an extension collection on the history of the Modern School in Stelton, New Jersey.
History of the Modern School of Stelton

The Lindeman Center, founded in 1983, is a resource-sharing place, a gathering place for educator/activists to combine their skills, knowledge and experience in search of solutions

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