We are part of a large family of progressive schools throughout the country that shares this educational heritage. Listed below are just a few members of the progressive education family:

• University of Chicago Lab School in Chicago, Illinois – Now serving students from preschool through twelfth grade, the lab schools started with 16 students in 1896 under the leadership of John Dewey. This is the birthplace of progressive education.
• Wingra School in Madison, Wisconsin – Wingra is housed in a large brick building adjacent to the University of Wisconsin’s 1200-acre arboretum. The school started in 1972 and currently has students in kindergarten through eighth grade.
• Peninsula School in Menlo Park, California – Founded in 1925 by the progressive reformer, Josephine Whitney Duveneck, Peninsula School currently has students in preschool through eighth grade.
• Shady Hill School in Cambridge, Massachusetts — Started in 1915, Shady Hill has 500 students in preschool through eighth grade. One of The Little School’s founding trustees, Kay Bullit, attended Shady Hill as a child, completed their teacher certification program, and taught there before relocating to Seattle.
• The School in Rose Valley in Rose Valley, Pennsylvania – Another of the long-time progressive schools, The School in Rose Valley started in 1929 and currently has students in preschool through sixth grade. A book chronicling the history of this school’s founding was standard reading for 1970’s era alternative educators.
• Friends' School in Boulder, Colorado – The newest school that I visited, Friends’ was started in 1987 and now has students in preschool through eighth grade. Their tag line is “Educating the Whole Child, Head, Hand & Heart”.
• Park Day School in Oakland, California – Head of School, Tom Little. refers to Park Day as “an unabashedly progressive school”. Founded in 1976 for students in kindergarten through eighth grade, Park Day expanded to include middle school students in 2004.