For the school located at Baton Rouge, Louisiana, see Louisiana State University Laboratory School
For the school located at Tarlac City, Philippines, see Laboratory School (Philippines)

A laboratory school is one which follows a model of experiential education based on the original Laboratory School run by John Dewey at the University of Chicago. Louisiana State University Laboratory School ( U-High) is a Laboratory school under the Louisiana State University College of Education Experiential education is a philosophy of education that focuses on the transactive process between teacher and student involved in direct experience with the learning environment John Dewey (October 20 1859 &ndash June 1 1952 was an American Philosopher, Psychologist, and educational reformer, whose thoughts and ideas have The University of Chicago is a Private university located principally in the Hyde Park neighborhood of Chicago. Many laboratory schools are still in operation in the United States and across the globe. They are known by many names: laboratory schools, demonstration schools, campus schools, model schools, university affiliated schools, child development schools, etc, but all have a connection to a college or university. Each university affiliated school has a unique relationship with a college or university and a different grade configuration. Some lab schools are only for preschool or kindergarten children, some are preschool through fifth or sixth grade, and some continue through high school.

See also

• Progressive education
• Model Laboratory School
• Lab School of Washington

External links

• Laboratory Schools Association
• About the University of Chicago Lab Schools
• Henry Barnard School (a laboratory school and an elementary school)

Educational progressivism is the belief that education must be based on the principle that humans are Social animals who learn best in real-life activities with other Model Laboratory School is a semi-private Laboratory school located on the campus of Eastern Kentucky University, in Richmond, Kentucky, The Lab School of Washington is a school for students with learning difficulties operated by Sally Liberman Smith, an American Educator who taught at American

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