Free school may refer to:
Education
* A school that provides
free education, not charging for attendance
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Free school (England)
A free school in England is a type of academy established since 2010 under the Government's free school policy initiative. From May 2015, usage of the term was formally extended to include new academies set up via a local authority competition ...
, a type of publicly financed but independently run school in England since 2011
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Free school movement, an American education reform movement during the 1960s and 1970s that sought to change the aims of formal schooling through alternative, independent community schools
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Free skool, an autonomous, nonhierarchical space intended for educational exchange and skillsharing, especially among anarchists
* A term for independent schools in certain countries, such as
Swedish free schools ( sv,
friskolor)
See also
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Democratic education, schooling run as direct democracies
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List of democratic schools
This is a list of some of the current and former democratic schools around the world. This list also includes sub-branches of democratic schools such as Sudbury schools inspired by the Sudbury Valley School and certain anarchistic free schools ...
, in which students have the freedom to design their own curriculum and participate in running the school
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London Free School
The London Free School (LFS) was founded on 8 March 1966, principally by John "Hoppy" Hopkins and Rhaune Laslett.
Description
The London Free School was a community action adult education project inspired by American free universities (and t ...
, a counterculture community school of UK Underground also involved with the creation of the Notting Hill Carnival
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Free School of Evanston
The Free School of Evanston was an alternative school that existed in Evanston, Illinois,
United States from 1971 to 1976, for five school years.
Influences
The Free School was influenced by Summerhill School. At meetings, parents, students ...
, a school in Evanston, Illinois, US
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Freedom School, an American libertarian school in the 20th century
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Freedom Schools Freedom Schools were temporary, alternative, and free schools for African Americans mostly in the South. They were originally part of a nationwide effort during the Civil Rights Movement to organize African Americans to achieve social, political and ...
, temporary, alternative free schools for American Southern blacks during the 1964 Freedom Summer
* Jean-Baptiste (songwriter), also known as Free School
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