[[Image:Tarbiyat School, Tehran, ca 1911.jpg|thumb|250px|Students of School for Girls, Tehran, 13 August 1933. The school was closed by government decree in 1934. Source: History of Baháʼí Educational Efforts in Iran.]]

A Baháʼí school at its simplest would be a school run officially by the Baháʼí institutions in its jurisdiction and may be a local class or set of classes, normally run weekly where children get together to study about Baháʼí teachings, Baháʼí central figures, or Baháʼí administration. Baháʼí topics may be minimized in favor of a general curriculum, often with an internationalist form, with accreditation from a variety of sources.

Foremost among them is Green Acre, "paradigmatic of a Baháʼí institution", founded in 1894 for exploring religious diversity seeking unity, and the first Baháʼís appearing there in 1901. It came officially under Baháʼí management institutionally from 1916 after several years of promoting Baháʼí ideas under Sarah Farmer. As a Baháʼí institution it began to inspire other regional schools in the United States for the religion: first came Bosch Baháʼí School becoming more formally a Baháʼí school in 1927 and another in 1931 at Louhelen Baháʼí School.

Prior to 1911 a private school for girls existed in Tehran which was opened by Iranian Baháʼí women. During the Persian Constitutional Revolution situations required the close of the school. The successor Tarbiyat-i Banat (Girls' Education), established in 1911, was the most respected Bahaʼi girls' school. Founded on the efforts of private school for girls by Baháʼís,

  • Townshend International School in the Czech Republic
  • in Slovakia
  • School of the Nations in Macau
  • City Montessori School in India
  • The New Era High School in India
  • The now-defunct Rabbani Bahá'í School in India
  • The Barli Development Institute for Rural Women in India
  • The now-defunct Maxwell International School in Canada
  • School of the Nations (Baháʼí – Brazil).
  • Nancy Campbell Academy in Stratford, Canada

See also

  • Socio-economic development (Baháʼí)

References

Further reading

  • U.S National Baháʼí Education and Schools Office
  • Letter from the Universal House of Justice: Schools owned by Baha'is and "Baha'i schools"
  • Baháʼí Schools Directory
  • Baháʼí Schools in India
  • Links to Baha'i-Inspired Schools & Educational Initiatives
  • Baháʼí Youth Resources, Schools, SED Projects
  • Association of Baháʼí Educators