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News: 5–7 November 2026 — Shenzhen Nanshan Dalton Xinhua School, China

Dalton International is honoured to announce the 28th International Dalton Congress, hosted by Shenzhen Nanshan Dalton Xinhua School. This year’s theme-Unveiling Agency: Global Dalton Student Voices in Motion- invites a deep international conversation on how Dalton schools cultivate student agency as a core educational value.

 

 

Dalton International is a non-profit organization that promotes international exchange on Dalton education,

a reform pedagogical innovation movement based on and inspired by Helen Parkhurst’s Dalton Plan.

You can find more information about this organization on this website.

 

For service and co-operation are what we need to solve our great political and social problems to-day,

and synthetic education that will provide that large and comprehensive outlook which will make these virtues

a habit of thought and a practice of life (Parkhurst, 1922, p. 26).