Alternative Education Resource Organization

AERO Member Schools & Organizations

Below is a listing of AERO member schools and organizations. They are part of the AERO international network of educational alternatives. These schools and organizations generally have in common a learner-centered approach to education. Members include K-12 schools, colleges, homeschool resource centers, and other organizations.

If your group would like to become an AERO Member School or Organization, you can learn more about the benefits and how to join through the following link:

Become an AERO member school or organization.

Many of the schools below have rolling admission and a number have sliding scale tuition. Contact them for more information

There are currently 479 member schools & organizations, 380 from the United States and 99 from other countries. To correct information listed here about your school or organization, email us at info@educationrevolution.org.

Australia	Austria	Belgium	Brazil	Canada	Colombia
Costa Rica	Denmark	Ecuador	France	Germany	Guatemala
Hungary	Honduras	India	Indonesia	Iran	Israel
Japan	Korea	Nepal	Netherlands	New Zealand	Norway
Palestine	Poland	Philippines	Russia	South Africa	Spain
Switzerland	Thailand	Turkey	Ukraine	United Kingdom	United States
International

Australia

• Australasian Association for Progressive and Alternative Education, Aranda, ACT
• Blacktown Youth College, Saint Marys, NSW
• The Booroobin Sudbury Democratic Centre of Learning, Booroobin, Sunshine Coast hinterland, Queensland
• Currambena Primary School and Preschool, Lane Cove, NSW
• Fitzroy Community School, North Fitzroy, Vic.
• Pine Community School, Brisbane
• Sherbrooke Community School, Sassafras, Vic.

Austria

• Netzwerk, Vienna
• Sch�lerInnenschule, Vienna
• Schulkollektiv Wien Wuk, Vienna

Belgium

• De Vlinder Sudbury School, Gent
• Leerhuis Bressel, Brussels

Brazil

• Lumiar School, Sao Paulo

Canada

• ALPHA Alternative School, Toronto, ON
• Au Grand Bois, Ladysmith, QC
• Calgary Board of Education, Calgary, AB
• Cap Libre Learning Center, Montreal, QC
• Colin Macdonald Community School, Hamilton, ON
• Democratic Dialogue, Ottawa, ON
• Ecole PEACE, Bondville, QC
• Education Plus, High River, AB
• Fairfield School, Wolfville, NS
• First Nation School, Sandy Lake, ON
• Indian Way School, Kahnawake, QC
• Indigo Sudbury Campus, South Edmonton, AB
• Montessori Jewsih Day School, Toronto, ON
• Oneida Learning Center, Southwold, ON
• Our Schools / Our Selves, ON
• SEED Alternative School, Toronto, ON
• South Shore Waldorf School, Blockhouse, NS
• Windsor House, North Vancouver, BC

Colombia

• Colegio Bilingue Jorge Emilio Gutierrez, Bogota

Costa Rica

• Cloud Forest School / Centro de Educacién Creativa, Monteverde, Puntarenas

Denmark

• Det Frie Gymnasium, Copenhagen

Ecuador

• Academia Cotopaxi, Quito
• Experiencia Educativa Santana, Cuenca Azuay

France

• Les Enfants D�abord, Vendat
• Lyc�e Autog�r� de Paris, Paris
• The Olive Tree International School, Quinson

Germany

• Berlin Sudbury School, Berlin

Guatemala

• Naleb School

Honduras

• Cofradia's Bilingual School, Cortez

Hungary

• Carl Rogers Person-Centered School, Budapest

India

• Abacus Montessori School, Perungudi, Chennai
• Butterflies Program for Street and Working Children, see also this page, New Delhi
• Gram-Mangal, Karve Nagar, Pune
• Isha Home school, Singanallur, Coimbatore
• Kangaroo Kids Education Ltd., Bandra, Mumbai
• Primrose School, Pondicherry
• Sholai School, Kodaikanal, Tamil Nadu
• Sri Atmananda Memorial School (the model school for the KPM Approach to Children), Malakkara, Kerala

Indonesia

• Sunrise School, Bali

Iran

• Madresehfarda, Tehran

Israel

• The Institute for Democratic Education, Tel Aviv
• KANAF Democratic School, Eliad, Golan Heights
• Kehila Democratic School, Tel Aviv

Japan

• Famille Chofu 307, Tokyo
• Global Community School, Takasago City
• Kanazawa Institute of Technology, Ishikawa, Japan
• Kogakkan University, Ise City
• National Institute for Educational Policy and Research of Japan, Tokyo

Korea

• GET PLEX, Incheon
• School Star, Seoul
• Seoul Alternative Learning Community Network, Seoul

Nepal

• Sri Aurobindo Yoga Mandir, Kathmandu

Netherlands

• De Ruimte Soest, Soest

New Zealand

• Tamariki School, Christchurch

Norway

• Hurum Rudolph Steiner High School, Tofte
• Fors�ksgymnaset i Oslo, Oslo

Palestine

• Hope Flowers School, Bethlehem, West Bank

Poland

• ASSA: Autorska Szkola Samorozwoju (The School for Individual Development), Wroclaw

Philippines

• Alres-Phils, Quezon City

Russia

• Eureka Free University, Moscow
• First of September newspaper, Moscow
• Generous Apple, Kostroma
• Kluch School, Moscow
• Moscow International Film School, Moscow (click on "ENG" for English)
• School of Self Determination, Moscow

South Africa

• The Blue Crane Centre, East London
• Nahoon Montessori School, Nahoon, East London

Spain

• Asociacion 'El cohete y la estrella', Madrid

Switzerland

• imPuls Privatschule, Schindellegi

Thailand

• META International School

Turkey

• Alternatif egitim dernegi

Ukraine

• Stork Family School, Vinnitsa

United Kingdom

• Brigflatts Cottage, Cumbria
• Brockwood Park School (Hampshire)
• Craven Cottage, Berkshire
• Education Now, Nottingham
• Education Otherwise, London
• Family School at Larkhall, London
• First College (UK), Online
• Human Scale Education, Bristol
• Marquess College, London
• Phoenix Education Trust, London
• Planned Environment Therapy Trust (P.E.T.T.), Cheltenham, Glos.
• Sands School, Devon
• Schumacher College, Dartington
• Summerhill School, Leiston

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United States

Alabama	Alaska	Arizona	Arkansas	California	Colorado
Connecticut	Delaware	District of Columbia	Florida	Georgia	Idaho
Illinois	Indiana	Iowa	Kansas	Louisiana	Maine
Maryland	Massachusetts	Michigan	Minnesota	Missouri	Montana
New Hampshire	New Jersey	New Mexico	New York	North Carolina	Ohio
Oregon	Pennsylvania	Puerto Rico	Rhode Island	South Dakota	Tennessee
Texas	Utah	Vermont	Virginia	Washington	West Virginia
Wisconsin

Alabama

• Mobile Bay Montessori, Fairhope
• School of Organic Education, Fairhope
• World Of Opportunity, Birmingham

Alaska

• Pacific High School, Sitka
• Steller Secondary School, Anchorage

Arizona

• Center for Partnership Studies, Tucson
• Kino Learning Center, Tucson
• Open Doors Center, Phoenix
• Paulo Freire Freedom School, Tucson
• Phoenix Rising School, Phoenix
• Prescott College, Prescott
• World University Roundtable, Benson

Arkansas

• Headwater School, Pettigrew

California

• Amity Institute, San Diego
• Ananda Institute Of Alternative Living, Nevada City
• Arbor Academy, Thousand Oaks
• Cascade Canyon School, Marin County
• Cedarwood Sudbury School, Santa Clara
• Celebration Education, Yucaipa
• The Children's Neighborhood Workshop, Pasadena
• The Cottage, Berkeley
• Diablo Valley School, Concord
• Educational Futures Projects, Sacramento
• Fielding Graduate University, Santa Barbara
• Foundations School, Van Nuys
• Garden Gate Montessori, Walnut Creek
• Genesis Forum Academy, Lodi
• Global Friends School, Nevada City
• Global Village School, Ojai
• Holden High School, Orinda
• I.D.E.A.L., Shell Beach
• The Independent Institute, Oakland
• Integral Elementary School, La Jolla
• Iris Institute, Oakland
• Laurel Springs School, Ojai
• Learning Forum, Oceanside
• LEAPNOW: Transforming Education, Calistoga
• Liber Community School, Los Gatos
• Manzanita School, San Luis Obispo
• National Center for Montessori Education, Sonoma
• Nonesuch School, Sebastopol
• Oak Grove School, Ojai
• The Oaks School, Hollywood
• Oasis Nurturing Education, Inc, Encinitas
• Pacifica Community Charter School, Los Angeles
• Peninsula School, Menlo Park
• Play Mountain Place, Los Angeles
• Pratum Literacy Services, Oakland
• Rainbow Kids Integral Preschool, San Diego
• Rose Blossom Nursery School, Aptos
• Rudolf Steiner College, Fair Oaks
• Sacramento Valley School, Sacramento
• San Diego Integral Elementary School, San Diego
• Santa Lucia School, Templeton
• The School Of Choice, San Jose
• Tara Redwood School, Soquel
• Arbor Academy, Thousand Oaks
• Villa Panorama School, Rolling Hills Estates
• Whole Lang Umb, Fresno
• Wildcat Community Free School, Richmond

Colorado

• Alpine Valley School, Wheat Ridge
• Cail School, Peyton
• Colorado High School, Greeley
• Continuum High School, Ft. Collins
• Eagle Rock School, Estes Park
• Golden Independent School, Golden
• Jefferson County Open School, Lakewood
• Lamborn Valley School, Paonia
• The Living School, Boulder
• Monarch Center for Family Healing, Georgetown
• NAPNSC Accrediting Commission, Grand Junction
• Naropa University, Boulder
• New Vista High School, Boulder
• The Patchwork Scool, Louisville
• Pattern Research, Denver
• PIONEER School for Expeditionary Learning, Ft. Collins
• River Mist Learning Community, Durango
• The River School, Telluride
• September School, Boulder
• Watershed School, Boulder
• Yampah Mountain High School, Glenwood Springs

Connecticut

• Mountain Laurel Sudbury School, New Britain
• Mead School, Stamford

Delaware

• Higher Ground Academy, New Castle County
• Newark Center For Creative Learning, Newark
• Renewal of the Spirit Institute & Project Return, Delaware City

District of Columbia

• Center for Education Reform, Washington
• Magnet Schools Of America, Washington

Florida

• Chimera Center, Alachua
• Full Circle Community School, Oviedo
• Grassroots Free School, Tallahassee
• Jordan Glen School, Archer
• Life Of Florida, Odessa
• Lifetime Learning, Coral Springs
• The Magnolia School, Tallahassee
• The Montessori Foundation, Sarasota
• Palmetto Bay Academy, Miami
• Pinellas Preparatory Academy, Largo
• REAL Education Center, Inc., Tallahassee
• Sail High School, Tallahassee
• The Sanctuary on 8th Street, Jacksonville
• The School Without Walls
• Spring Valley School, Palm Harbor
• Stonesoup School, Crescent City
• Walden School, Gulfport

Georgia

• ABC Montessori Georgia, McDonough
• Foundations for the Future, Kennesaw
• Hill Country Montessori, Palmetto
• Horizons School, Atlanta
• International Community School, Atlanta
• Phoenix High School, Lawrenceville
• The Murray-Grest School, Lawrenceville
• Wind Water & Wisdom, Atlanta

Idaho

• Teton Valley Community School, Driggs
• Woodbury Reports, Bonners Ferry

Illinois

• Alternive School Network, Chicago
• Augustana College Education Department, Rock Island
• The Children's Music Network, Evanston
• The Crystal Lake Montessori School, Woodstock
• Forum High School For Creative Study, Chicago
• Small Schools Workshop, Oak Park
• Youth Connection Charter School, Chicago

Indiana

• Christa Mcauliffe Alternative Middle School, Evansville
• Geo Foundation, Indianapolis
• Harmony School, Bloomington
• Kind School, Indianapolis
• Ward Education Center / Fort Wayne Community Schools, Fort Wayne

Iowa

• Iowa Association of Alternative Education, Des Moines
• Pleasant Valley School, Decorah
• Scattergood Friends School, West Branch
• The Village Home School Cooperative, Coralville
• Virtual Homeschool International, Coralville

Kansas

• Bridge Alternative School, Eureka

Louisiana

• New Orleans Free School, New Orleans

Maine

• Audubon Expedition Institute, Belfast
• The Community School, Camden
• The Discovery School, Lewiston
• The New School, Kennebunk
• Riley School, Glen Cove
• The River School, Belfast
• Watershed Community School, Thomaston

Maryland

• EducacionAlternativa.org, Severn
• Fairhaven School, Upper Marlboro
• The Freedom School, Barnesville
• FreedomHill Cooperative, Barnesville
• Global Integral Solutions, Germantown
• International Montessori Society, Silver Spring
• Oneness Family School, Chevy Chase

Massachusetts

• Balance Rock Democratic Freeschool and Homeschool Support Center, Jefferson
• Hampshire College, Amherst
• Heathcote Open Classroom, Freeland
• The Hartsbrook School, Hadley
• Hilltown Cooperative Charter School, Haydenville
• Institute for People Education Action, Florence
• Living Routes, Shutesbury
• Monadnock Community Connections School, Surry
• North Plain Farm, Great Barrington
• North Star, Hadley
• Rosenberg Fund For Children, Easthampton
• Shackleton Schools, Ashby
• Sharon Alternative School, Sharon
• Stone Soup School, Worcester
• Sudbury Valley School, Framingham

Michigan

• Ann Arbor Open School, Ann Arbor
• Clonlara School, Ann Arbor
• Community Connections Learning Center, Lansing
• Honey Creek Community School, Ann Arbor
• Oasis High School, Mt. Pleasant
• Upland Hills School, Oxford

Minnesota

• International Association for Learning Alternatives, St. Paul
• Lake Superior High School, Duluth
• Learning Alternatives Community School, Spring Lake Park
• Learning Quest, Inc., Lewiston
• Mahtomedi Alternative Learning Program, White Bear Lake
• Second Foundation School, Minneapolis
• Southside Family School, Minneapolis
• The Village School, Northfield
• Wolf School, Minneapolis

Missouri

• Delasalle Education Center, Kansas City

Montana

• Billings Educational Academy, Billings
• Kids by Nature, Kalispell
• O.P. & W.E. Edwards Foundation, Red Lodge
• School of Education at the University of Montana - Missoula, Missoula
• Missoula Community School, Missoula
• Sleeping Giant Community School, St. Ignatius
• Sussex School, Missoula

New Hampshire

• Ashuelot River Free School, Winchester
• Bedford Youth Performing Company, Bedford
• The Community School, South Tamworth
• Derry Montessori School, Derry
• The Meeting School, Rindge
• Pine Hill Waldorf, Wilton
• QED Foundation, Inc., Amherst
• The Scholars' Academy, Manchester
• Souhegan Alternative School, Mason
• Woodland Community School, Bethlehem

New Jersey

• A Child's Place, Lincroft
• Center For Design Studies, Englewood
• Jersey City School District, Jersey City
• Holistic Moms Network, Caldwell
• Montclair Cooperative School, Montclair
• New Jersey Unschoolers, Farmingdale
• The New School Of Monmouth County, Holmdel
• Ridge And Valley Charter School, Blairstown
• Teddy McArdle Free School, Little Falls
• Unity Charter School, Morristown
• Voyagers' Learning Center, Farmingdale
• The Wellspring School, Gladstone
• WMH Brown Academy, West Orange

New Mexico

• Mountain Mahogany Community School, Albuquerque
• NALSAS, Accreditation Division, Santa Fe
• Sante Fe Community School Home Study Program, Torreon
• The Tutorial School, Santa Fe

New York

• Academic Community for Educational Success (ACES), Bedford Hills
• Akwesasne Freedom School, Rooseveltown
• The Albany Free School, Albany
• American Montessori Society, New York
• Bay and Paul Foundations, New York
• Beacon Program, Floral Park
• Bethlehem Children's School, Slingerlands
• Blue Rock School, West Nyack
• The Blue School, New York
• Brooklyn Free School, Brooklyn
• Calhoun School, New York
• Child Activity Center, Adelphi University, Garden City
• City-As-School, New York
• Clifton Corner, Brooklyn
• Crossroads, Brewster
• East Village Community School, New York
• Education Futures, East Hampton
• Eugene Lang College, New York
• For Kids Only School, Elmont
• Friends of the Ferrer Modern School, Altamont
• Friends World Program, Southampton College, Southampton
• Harriet Tubman Free School, Albany
• Hawk Circle Wilderness Programs & Earth Mentoring Institute, Cherry Valley
• Imagine Academy, Brooklyn
• It Is Time, New York
• Lehman Alternative Community School, Ithaca
• Longview School, Cortlandt Manor
• LVSCD Homeschooling, Bayville
• Mandala School, East Aurora
• Manhattan Country School, New York
• Manhattan Free School, New York
• Mountain Road School, New Lebanon
• Network Biofeedback Services, Inc., Lynbrook
• The New School, Syracuse
• Niagara Falls Alternative High School, Niagra Falls
• Open School of Rochester, Rochester
• PACE, Brookville
• Paulding Lane, Crompond
• Progressive School of Long Island, Merrick
• Provident Living Academy, Savannah
• Queens Paideia School, Queens
• Rainbow Farm School, Fredonia
• Renaissance Charter School, Queens
• Schools and You, Brooklyn
• Students Against Testing, New York
• Teachers & Writers Colloborative, New York
• The Theater Street School, Richmond Hill
• Village School, Great Neck
• Watershed Learning Center, Circleville

North Carolina

• American Hebrew Academy, Greensboro
• American Montessori Society, Boone
• Arthur Morgan School, Burnsville
• Forest Children Home Enrichment Program, Black Mountain, NC
• Jung Tao School of Classical Chinese Medicine, Sugar Grove
• Piedmont Progressive School
• Profound Awareness Alliance, Marshall
• Rainbow Mountain Children's School, Asheville
• Raleigh Progressive School, Raleigh

Ohio

• Antioch School, Yellow Springs
• Community Service, Inc., Yellow Springs
• Harmony Community School, Cincinnati
• Heartlight School, Toledo
• Institute for Democracy in Education, Ohio University, Athens
• Leaves of Learning, Loveland
• National Association For Core Curriculum, Kent

Oregon

• Blue Mountain School, Cottege Grove
• Emerald Valley School, Eugene
• Hera Community School, Oregon City
• Homesource, Eugene
• Newport Alternative School, Newport
• Olympia Community School, Olympia
• Portland Cooperative School, Portland
• Portland Family Freeschool, Portland
• Trillium Charter School, Portland
• The Village Free School, Portland
• Wellsprings Friends School, Eugene

Pennsylvania

• Camphill Soltane, Glenmoore
• The Circle School, Harrisburg
• Keystone National High School, Bloomsburg
• Kinder Associates (consultants in mindbody health), Lancaster
• Lincoln Intermediate Unit No. 12, New Oxford
• Merge Education, Inc., West Chester
• National Coalition for Education Activists, Philadelphia
• The Oakland School, Pittsburgh
• Open Connections Inc., Newtown Square
• ProgressEd, Philadelphia
• Project Learn School, Philadelphia
• "Road" Scholar Tutoring Services LLC, Scappoose
• School on the Hill, Kirkwood
• School in Rose Valley, Rose Valley
• School of Living, Julian
• Seven Generations Charter School, Emmaus
• Upattinas School, Glenmoore

Puerto Rico

• Casa Sudbury, Cidra

Rhode Island

• The Big Picture Company, Providence
• The Met School, Providence
• Quest Montessori School, Exeter
• South County Montessori School, North Kingston

South Dakota

• Yankton High School, Yankton

Tennessee

• Laurel High School, Knoxville
• Germantown High School, Germantown
• Home Life Academy, Memphis
• Kids to the Country, Summertown
• Natural Learning School & Homeschool Resource Center, Memphis

Texas

• Academies of Houston, Houston
• Brazos Valley Sudbury School, Brookshire
• Covenant Christian Academy, San Antonio
• Greenbriar, Bastrop
• Houston Outdoor Learning Acadamy, Houston
• Khabele School, Austin
• Light Way Schools, Houston
• Next Step Integral, Austin
• The Real School, Houston
• Redd School, Houston

Utah

• Aspen Community School, Orem
• Higher Ground Learning, Salt Lake City
• Sego Lily School, Salt Lake City

Vermont

• Atrium Society, Middlebury
• Common Ground Center, Starksboro
• Foundation For Educational Renewal, Charlotte
• Goddard College, Plainfield
• Hiland Hall School, Bennington
• The Journey School , Chester
• Kroka Expeditions, Putney
• The Institute For Social Ecology, Plainfield
• Mountain View Community School, Rutland
• Open Path Homeschooling Resources, Middlesex'
• Orchard Valley School, East Montpelier
• River Rock School, Montpelier
• Vermont College of the Union Institute and University, Montpelier

Virginia

• Alexandria Friends School, Alexandria
• Arch Academy, Staunton
• Blue Mountain School, Floyd
• Chesapeake Alternative School, Chesapeake
• Community School, Roanoke
• Community High School, Roanoke
• Dinwiddie Alternative Ed., Dinwiddie
• Education Anywhere, Anytime, Sterling
• H.B. Woodlawn Program, Arlington Public Schools, Arlington
• Hopewell High School, Hopewell
• Lander Creative, Montebello
• Massaparex High School, Fredericksburg
• New School of Northern Virginia, Fairfax
• Project X-CD, Vicksburg
• Raw Learning, Staunton
• Richmond Waldorf School, Richmond
• Shenandoah Vally Community School, Lacey Spring
• Southeastern Alternative School, Midland
• The Enterprise School, Vienna

Washington

• Alderleaf Wilderness College, Monroe
• Alger Learning Center & Independence High School, Sedro-Woolley
• Antioch Seattle, Vashon Island
• The Attic Learning Community, Bothell
• Bellingham Cooperative School, Bellingham
• Burlington Little School, Burlington
• Central Washington University, Ellensburg
• The Clearwater School, Seattle
• Community School Of West Seattle, Seattle
• Eagle Alternative School, Toppenish
• The Heritage Institute, Clinton
• Methow Valley Community School, Twisp
• Mt. View School, Port Townsend
• New Horizons For Learning, Seattle
• Northwest Free School, Renton
• Olympia Community Free School, Olympia
• Olympia Community School, Olympia
• Puget Sound Community School, Seattle
• Salmonberry School, Orcas
• Spectrum Community School, Bremerton
• Wheels of Life School, Bellingham

West Virginia

• Learning Options Inc., Marion County
• The Highland School, Highland

Wisconsin

• Multicultural Community Services, Milwaukee
• Rethinking Schools, Milwaukee
• Technical Assistance & Leadership Center, Milwaukee
• United Migrant Opportunity Services, Milwaukee
• The Young Women's Institute for Global Studies, Milwaukee

International

• CanDo! CO-OP Lifelong Learning Centre

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