Colegio Madrid is a private, secular, coeducational school in Mexico City, Mexico. It was founded on 21 June 1941 by the Junta de Auxilio a los Republicanos Españoles (JARE), the exile relief organization led by Spanish socialist leader Indalecio Prieto, using funds of the Spanish Republican government in exile, to educate refugee children of families displaced by the Spanish Civil War. It was the last of the schools created in Mexico by the Spanish Republican exile community, but it grew to enroll the largest number of students and acquired a wide reputation in Mexican educational circles and public life.
The school's pedagogical tradition derives from the progressive educational reforms of the Second Spanish Republic emphasizing secular and humanistic values, in particular from the Institución Libre de Enseñanza, the Instituto-Escuela and the New Education (Escuela Nueva) movement. It has maintained a secular, humanistic and student-centred model focused on developing critical reasoning and offers a continuous program from preschool through the final year of preparatory (upper-secondary) school.
Colegio Madrid has been described by historians of education and by Mexican commentators as a singular institution, noted for its legacy, academic distinction, and pedagogical innovation. Its alumni include prominent figures in literature, film, music, journalism, academia, science and public life.
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