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IDEC/EUDEC 2012
Puerto Rico

Democratic school in Brazil :   Escola Lumiar

Address:  Rua Bela Cintra, 561 CEP 01415-000.Sao Paolo (SP), Brazil

Contact:   Marina Nordi

Email:    Updated Details

Telephone:    55 11 3256 7092

Website:    www.lumiar.org.br

Number of Students:    91

Age range 0-14

Languages:    Portuguese, English

Principles:    All the decisions are taken at the School Meeting that gathers students and staff every week; and the students are free to choose the projects they want to follow and organise their routine together with the educators.

Democratic school in Brazil :   Teia Multicultural School New details

Address:  Lincoln Albuquerque, 312 - 05004-010 Sao Paulo – SP Brazil

Contact:   Rosa or Ludmila

Email:   

Telephone:    011-7744-2695 or 011-3872-1035

Website:   www.teiamulticultural.com.br

Number of Students:    70

Age range 1,7 to 10 years old

Languages:    Portuguese

Principles:    All students and staff gather every week in the school meetings, to build the rules and discuss the conflicts. The key point of Teia curriculum is that all projects are organised around one great theatre project, a collective play. The students are distributed in 5 cycles considering age, interests and ability to read and write.

Democratic school in Brazil :   Politeia School New details

Address:  Rua Dona Germaine Burchard, 511 - 05002-062 - São Paulo - SP - Brasil.

Contact:   Carolina Sumie Ramos

Email:   

Telephone:    + 55 11 3803-9805

Website:   www.escola.politeia.org.br/ and www.politeia.org.br/

Number of Students:    15

Age range 11 -14 (For the time being)

Principles:    All the decisions are taken at the School Meeting that gathers students and staff every week.
The curriculum is project-based and is built by students and staff.

Our values are: democracy, freedon with responsibility, diversity and sustainability.