Escuela Moderna

La Escuela Moderna (trans. The Modern School) was a progressive Spanish school that existed briefly at the start of the 20th century.

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Spanish - 20th century

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Founded in 1901 in Barcelona by free-thinker Francisco Ferrer, the school's stated goal was to educate the working class in a rational, secular and non-coercive setting. In practice, high tution fees restricted attendance at the school to the wealthier middle class students.

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1901 - Barcelona - Free-thinker - Francisco Ferrer - Working class - Secular - Middle class

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It closed in 1906. Shortly after, Ferrer was executed for sedition.

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1906 - Sedition

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Today, the only remaining archives from the school are held in the special collections department of the University of California in San Diego.

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Special collection - University of California - San Diego

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La Escuela Moderna, and Ferrer's ideas generally, formed the inspiration for a series of Modern Schools in the United States. The first and most notable of these was started in New York City in 1911.

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Modern School - United States - New York City - 1911

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