Harmony School is a private,
democratic school
A democratic school refers to an alternative school that meets the following criteria:
* Classes are voluntary. Learning is self-directed and takes place without a curriculum.
* The school is run to the greatest possible extent by a direct democr ...
located in
Bloomington,
Indiana
Indiana ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern region of the United States. It borders Lake Michigan to the northwest, Michigan to the north and northeast, Ohio to the east, the Ohio River and Kentucky to the s ...
in the historic Elm Heights School building, one block from Indiana University. The school is a single-building establishment, housing all ages—from preschool through high school. The Parenting Harmony Education Center also includes the National School Reform Faculty, which operates from the lower level of the school.
Harmony focuses on individual learning experiences, encouraging students' creative and critical thinking and fostering students' social and emotional development. Teachers put care and effort into opening the curriculum to students' diverse interests and backgrounds. Together, the teachers and students develop a supportive school culture that promotes both independent exploration and constructive relationships among the student body. The school's low teacher-to-student ratio further allows faculty to provide each student with individual help and a level of challenge tailored to their learning needs.
Because of this holistic approach to personalized instruction, Harmony is able to have students share classes within and between PreK-K, K-2, 3-4, 5-6, 7-8, and 9-12 with 2-4 teachers per group. This not only affords students opportunities for advanced instruction in areas in which they excel, it also enables younger students to receive support from their older classmates and older students, in turn, to refine and expand upon their knowledge as they share it.
See also
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List of high schools in Indiana
This is a list of high schools in the U.S. state of Indiana.
A
Adams County
Allen County
B
Bartholomew County
Benton County
Blackford County
Boone County
Brown County
C
Carroll County
Cass County
Clark County
Clay Count ...
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Sallyann J. Murphey
References
[Chelsea Elizabeth Korth, Phil Carspecken, Bradley Levinson, and Sylvia Martinez. 2020. 21st Century Democratic Schooling: A Critical Ethnographic Study of Harmony School. Ph.D. Dissertation. Indiana University, USA. Advisor(s) Carspecken, Lucinda. Order Number: AAI27999173.]
External links
Official Website
Buildings and structures in Monroe County, Indiana
1974 establishments in Indiana
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