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“Something Inside So Strong”: How the Historic Freedom School Program Can Sustain Liberatory Praxis in Today’s Schools
Kendall D. Deas, Ph.D; Jon N. Hale, Ph.D; Kristal Moore Clemons, Ph.D

Abstract
The Children‟s Defense Fund (CDF) Freedom Schools program has experienced success in moving the needle in a critical area of student academic achievement such as reducing summer learning loss. Although there has been extensive research documenting this success, there has been limited research in the field of education policy concerning the program‟s policy implications and recommendations for practices in education. Further, given the success CDF Freedom Schools have experienced in reducing summer learning loss, as evidenced by existing research in the field, there is no clear policy concerning implementing the Freedom School concept as a state-level education policy to improve student academic achievement. We contend that a stronger, and more conceptually clear policy that has as its foundation, principles of the historic intentions of CDF Freedom Schools is a necessity at state levels so that the program can be successfully expanded to public schools across America.

Full Text: PDF     DOI: 10.15640/ppar.v11a1