Which schools are most progressive?

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Anonymous wrote:Gds

Sheridan, green acres (where is this school? Laurel?)

Green Acres is in a residential neighborhood off of Old Georgetown Road (near Pike and Rose).

It's the place to be!

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Anonymous wrote:Progressive education is a pedagogical movement that began in the late nineteenth century and has persisted in various forms to the present. In Europe, progressive education took the form of the New Education Movement. The term progressive was engaged to distinguish this education from the traditional curricula of the 19th century, which was rooted in classical preparation for the university and strongly differentiated by social class. By contrast, progressive education finds its roots in modern experience. Most progressive education programs have these qualities in common:

• Emphasis on learning by doing – hands-on projects, expeditionary learning, experiential learning
• Integrated curriculum focused on thematic units
• Strong emphasis on problem solving and critical thinking
• Group work and development of social skills
• Understanding and action as the goals of learning as opposed to rote knowledge
• Collaborative and cooperative learning projects
• Education for social responsibility and democracy
• Integration of community service and service learning projects into the daily curriculum[2]
• Selection of subject content by looking forward to ask what skills will be needed in future society[3]
• De-emphasis on textbooks in favor of varied learning resources
• Emphasis on lifelong learning and social skills
• Assessment by evaluation of child's projects and productions

Based on this - Saint Andrews Episcopal School. They have a Center for Transformational Teaching and Learning that emphasizes much of these strategies.

Nope. I have a kid at Burke and another who recently graduated from SAES. The CTTL is well intentioned and has garnered a lot of attention, but SAES is still fundamentally a traditional school. Teacher led, not student led. It does not follow true progressive pedagogy as outlined above.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:100% Green Acres School for Kindergarten. If it is at all convenient to your location, check it out. My two children attended for K and it was transformative. They are extremely different kids both intellectually and personality-wise. Both were taught in ways that supported their challenges and realistically pushed their strengths. It is very play based with a ton of outside recess and learning.

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Did your children stay there after K? The way you wrote this sounds like maybe not? Just curious. I'm the OP. It really does seem truly progressive and what I'm looking for! Thank you.

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Burke starts in 6th grade. It's progressive in educational style (although there are quite a few very serious students who do more or less the same amount of studying as students at more traditional schools) and the Burke community is progressive politically.

People who say a private school can't be progressive politically don't know what they are talking about. While Burke parents do tend to have a fair amount of wealth compared to the general population, there are many progressive parents and students at Burke. Many Burke parents work in some kind of public service capacity and many alumni do the same. I'd be surprised if more than 10% of parents voted Republican even before the GOP became the Party of Trump.

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Lowell is a pretty good progressive school for younger students. Many people compare it to Burke.

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My child is a lifer at Green Acres, sadly graduating this year. Since its founding in 1934 (!!) Green Acres has never waivered from being a progressive school. I strongly reccomend looking at Green Acres if you want a progressive education actually based on John Dewey's work and not the trend of day. Depending on your location, here are the schools in the area that are part of the Capital Area Progressive Schools Green Acres, Lowell, Sheridan, Community Friends School, Burgundy Farm School, and Capital Hill Day School.