Now Enrolling • 2026-2027 School Year • K-1st
The Application Process
Our students leave us empowered to make sense of the world, and prepared with all of the skills necessary to make a difference within it.
A Child-Centered, Inquiry-Driven Approach to Academic Learning
Standards aligned project
based learning
A focus on an inclusive community and collaboration
A commitment to building critical literacy skills
Rooted in the Reggio Emilia philosophy
Students are seen, valued, and inspired to drive change
Founded by a 20-year educator.
Courtney Swartz, Founder
Courtney spent 20 years in urban public education, as a classroom teacher in D.C., Chicago, and Boston, then as Assistant Principal at Brooke Charter School and Academic Director at UP Education Network. She founded The Douglass Ridley School to build the kind of education she spent two decades pushing for from the inside.
477 Longwood Ave. Boston, MA 02215
(216) 470-7621 | cswartz@douglassridleyschool.org
The Douglass Ridley School does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, age, homelessness, sex/gender, gender identity, religion, national origin, ancestry, sexual orientation, immigration status, or any other factor prohibited by law in its programs and activities.