Has anybody heard or or have experience of these? Some sound unbelievably cool.
Think Global School: thinkglobalschool.org/
A travelling school - three years, four terms a year, a new country each term! I would love my daughter to go here for her last 3 years at school but it would never suit her or what she wants to do (she's at a stage school). I can't get over what an incredible opportunity this would be for teenagers though. Probably the best idea for a school I've ever heard of.
Egalia pre school (Sweden)
Gender neutral school (I'm less keen on this one - just sounds odd!)
This bit - "Egalia's core mission is to treat gender like most schools treat race or religion — as a trait that stands outside students' actual character and, therefore, isn't something that needs to be discussed at school." I get.
But this bit - "the preschool and kindergarten located in Stockholm, Sweden, doesn't use traditionally gendered language like he, she, boy, or, girl. Instead, children are called by their name, or the gender-neutral pronoun formally introduced in Sweden in 2014: hen." is ridiculous, imo.
Brightworks School, San Francisco - www.sfbrightworks.org/
Hands on, project based, experiential education. "Everything is interesting. We can create anything". School based in a giant warehouse. Absolutely love the sound of this one.
Witch School - www.classes.witchschool.com/default.asp
Real life Hogwarts! - no longer exists physically. Campuses both closed a few years ago so just an online school now. Very odd and don't really see the point but kind of cool in a quirky way too?!
Orestad Gymnasium - oerestadgym.dk/in-english/about-oerestad-gymnasium/
School in Denmark where the whole school is in one giant transparent room with learning pods connected by staircases. Supposed to be relaxing but just the thought of it gives me a panic attack!
Burgess Hill, Hampstead - liberalengland.blogspot.co.uk/2014/08/beat-school-1961.html
Hilariously liberal free school (think smoking and motorbiking 11 year olds) that appears to have closed down in the 1960s.
It may be no more but Summer Hill is pretty similar and still thriving: www.summerhillschool.co.uk/
Not sure what I think of that one.
Any other weird schools out there?