The Freinet schools were founded by three Spanish teachers: Patricio Redondo, José Tapia and Ramón Costa, who had been pioneers in introducing the methods of the French pedagogue Célestin Freinet in Spain. Redondo founded the Escuela Experimental Freinet in the town of San Andrés Tuxtla, Veracruz, in 1940. José Tapia arrived in Mexico in1948 and had to wait until 1964 to create the Escuela Manuel Bartolomé Cossío in Mexico D. F. Ramon Costa, who spent years in the Dominican Republic and Cuba, opened the Escuela Activa Ermilo Abreu Gómez, which is located near the Bartolomé Cossío School, in1973. The most distinctive feature of these three centers is their commitment to the Freinet’s methodology. Also noteworthy is the great interest of their three founders to create a movement among the most opened-minded group of Mexican teachers, which led them to found the movement called the Active School. Above all, they established bonds of friendship that united them, putting aside their ideological differences. All three schools are still active today, run by the relatives of the founders, and in the case of the Escuela Experimental Freinet, managed by an enthusiastic group of disciples of Patricio Redondo.