Griffin Nursery School

Dr. Elinor Fitch Griffin, a clinical psychologist and early childhood educator, established Griffin Nursery School in 1955. Inspired by progressive educators like John Dewey, A. S. Neill, and Caroline Pratt, and trained by developmental and humanistic psychologists Bruno Bettelheim and Carl Rogers, Elinor Griffin decided to have a school that tended to kids's emotional and social well-being. She opened one of the 1st free schools for preschool kids, convinced that this age group was especially fitted for self-directed exploration.