Philosophy Resources

There are many educational models in existence.  Finding the right one for your ideal school can be accomplished by doing a bit of research.  Follow the links below to begin thinking about what your school might look like.  Incorporate as many or as few as you'd like in the creation of your ideal.

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Project-Based Learning
Nuvu, Cambridge, Massachusetts
High Tech High, San Diego, CA

High School for the Recording Arts, Saint Paul, Minnesota

Energy Institute, Houston, Texas

One Stone, Boise, Idaho
Mobile Learning Institute at National Portrait Gallery

Brightworks School, San Francisco, California
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Game-Based Learning
Jane McGonigal. Gaming Can Make A Better World
James Paul Gee. Video Games, Learning and Literacy; Learning With Games
Katie Salen, Learning with Games​
Quest to Learn, NYC

Epic Middle School, Oakland, California

Institute of Play

Free Schooling
Summerhill School, Suffolk, England
Sudbury Valley School, Framingham, Massachusetts
Seth Godin, Stop Stealing Dreams

Brooklyn Free School, Brooklyn, New York

Albany Free School, Albany New York

Village Free School, Portland, Oregon

Sustainable Schools
Sustainable Schools Project, Shelburne, Vermont
The Putney School, Putney, Vermont

The Northwest School, Seattle, Washington

Crossett Brook Middle School, Vermont
 

Personalized Learning

Sanborn Regional High School, New Hampshire

Sorry County Schools, South Carolina

Hazen Union, Hardwick, Vermont

Crossett Brook, Duxbury, Vermont

Winooski iLab, Winooski, Vermont

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Proficiency/Competency-based Learning

Lindsay Unified School District, California

Degreed

Competency X, Del Lago High School, California

Coronado School District

Summit Schools

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Maker Ed

Vocademy, Riverside, California

Generator, Burlington, Vermont

Iolani School, Hawaii

Learning with Lucie, Vermont

MakerEd Initiative on You Tube

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Global Learning

Avenues, New York City

THINK Global School

​Interesting and Inspirational
Sir Ken Robinson, Changing Educational Paradigm, How Schools Kill Creativity, Bring on the Learning Revolution
Sugata Mitra, Experiments in self-teaching, Hole-in-the-Wall
Will Richardson, The Next Evolution of Schools
Howard Gardner, On Digital Youth

Dr. Michio Kaku, The Problem With the Learning System in School 

Flexible Learning Spaces

 

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