Best Choice Schools Launches New Article Recognizing 25 Inspiring Folk Schools

Best Choice Schools has announced the launch of a new free web article that recognizes 25 inspiring folk schools rooted in traditional know-how across North America.

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Oct 20, 2014, 08:30 ET

PARKER FORD, Pa., Oct. 20, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- At Best Choice Schools, there has been a new article launched on the free educational website to recognize 25 inspiring folk schools around the United States and Canada who are providing students a modern alternative education. "25 Inspiring Folk Schools Rooted in Community and Traditional Know-How" offers students a guide to some of North America's best folk schools that are focused on building community connections, developing appreciation for traditions, and teaching highly specialized manual skills within a non-competitive atmosphere.

"Since originating in Denmark in the 1800s as an alternative educational system by innovative thinker N.F.S. Grundtvig, folk schools have offered a unique learning option for individuals to find the hidden art and career potential in meeting everyday needs," said editor Reese Brady.

From milling and food preparation to blacksmithing and boat building, folk schools break free from the traditional classroom environment to help students realize an unparalleled self-reliance. Folk schools today have shifted focus to also introduce the latest generation to sustainable living, green technology, organic farming, and even mechanical engineering.

Although folk schools were most popular in the United States in the 1970s, there is a reemergence of modern folk education as young people are faced with accumulating student loan debt, job instability, and a desire to forge their own independent path outside of corporate America. In particular, enrollment is growing among high school graduates taking a gap year before starting college and college graduates rethinking their career choices. As more students are being drawn to folksy classrooms, Best Choice Schools has created this handy guide to introduce the folk schools in the United States and Canada that can offer rewarding opportunities to pursue long-ignored passions in more reflective pastimes of days gone by.

Below are the 25 inspiring folk schools rooted in community and traditional know-how that have been named by Best Choice Schools in alphabetical order:

U.S. East of the Mississippi River

1. Adirondack Folk School: Lake Luzerne, NY

2. Alabama Folk School: Nauvoo, AL

3. Crowley Folk School: Sarasota, FL

4. Driftless Folk School: Viroqua, WI

5. Ironwood Folk School: Middlesex, NY

6. John C. Campbell Folk School: Brasstown, NC

7. Lost Creek Adventures: Cornucopia, WI

8. Mikell Folk School: Toccoa, GA

9. Peters Valley School of Craft: Layton, NJ

10. Porcupine Mountains Folk School: Ontonagon, MI

11. The Clearing Folk School: Ellison Bay, WI

12. The Michigan Folk School: Ypsilanti, MI

U.S. West of the Mississippi River

13. Alaska Folk School: Talkeetna, AK

14. Arbutus Folk School: Olympia, WA

15. CedarRoot Folk School: Nordland, WA

16. Danebod Folk Camp: Tyler, MN

17. Danebo Folk School: Minneapolis, MN

18. North House Folk School: Grand Marais, MN

19. Ozark Folk School: Mountain View, AR

20. The Folk School of Fairbanks: Fairbanks, AK

21. The Living Arts School: Boulder, CO

22. The Ploughshare Institute for Sustainable Culture: Waco, TX

23. Villages Folk School: Van Buren County, IA

Canada

24. Cloverdale Craft School: Saint Andrews, Manitoba

25. Heartwood Folk School: Pender Island, British Columbia

More details about these outstanding folk schools that offer highly specialized modern folk education in a non-competitive atmosphere that stands the test of time can be found at http://www.bestchoiceschools.com/folk-schools/.

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Contact: Reese Brady

Phone: 484-624-9800

Web: http://www.bestchoiceschools.com

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