Definitions and Educational Background

Alternative school types (including progressive education):
http://www.pathsoflearning.net/archives/PoL.htm

Progressive education (Columbia Encyclopedia definition): http://www.bartleby.com/65/pr/progrsved.html

John Dewey project, Univ. of Vermont: http://www.uvm.edu/~dewey/articles/proged.html


Organizations

National Association of Independent Schools: http://www.nais.org

Great ideas in education: http://www.great-ideas.org

Home page of the Alternative Education Resource Organization (AERO): http://www.edrev.org
 

Cooperative Pre-Schools

Cornerstone Montessori School: http://www.cornerstonemontessori.net

Golden Oak Community School:

Cradle to Crayons:


Other Progressive Alternative Schools

A new progressive K-12 charter school in Portland, OR: http://www.trilliumcharterschool.org

Friends' School homepage (independent school in Boulder, CO): http://www.friendsschoolboulder.org

Foundations School Community homepage (progressive school in California): http://www.foundationsschool.com/index.html

Crossroads School homepage (independent arts and sciences school in California): http://www.xrds.org

Presidio Hill School homepage (oldest progressive school in California): http://www.presidiohill.pvt.k12.ca.us/info/about.htm

Portland Community School: www.pdxcoopschool.org

 Westland School: www.westlandschool.org

Steele Progressive:

Manzanita:

Little Red:

Logan:


 Organizations We Belong To

Golden Cultural Alliance: http://www.goldenculturalalliance.org/

Authentic Learning Network:

AERO:

NBOA:


Grants Received From

Wells Fargo: http://www.wellsfargo.com

Golden Civic Foundation: http://www.goldencivicfoundation.org/


Additional Resources

"The Schools Our Children Deserve: Moving Beyond Traditional Classrooms and 'Tougher Standards'," excerpts from the book by Alfie Kohn: http://www.alfiekohn.org/books/tsocd.htm

Interview with Alfie Kohn, author of "The Schools our Children Deserve": http://www.alfiekohn.org/teaching/idotps.htm

More resources for alternative lifelong learning: http://www.spinninglobe.net

McREL: http://www.mcrel.org

For Non-Profit Board of Trustees: http://www.compasspoint.org/boardcafe

Center for Education Reform (supporting school choice, including the CER newsletter with up-to-date educational politics information): http://www.edreform.com

The Davidson Institute (supporting giftedness, including a newsletter called Genius Denied): www.Davidson-Institute.org
 

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