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CDF Freedom Schools^® News

Love of literacy is a the core of Freedom Schools
July 27, 2011, ColumbusLocalNews.com

Freedom School program still teaching Greater Cleveland youths to be leaders
July 23, 2011, The Plain Dealer

Freedom school raises awareness
July 17, 2011, The Bolivar Commercial

Students defend education spending
July 14, 2011, The Columbus Dispatch

Kids Tell Lawmakers: "Keep Away from Education Funding"
July 13, 2011, Public News Service

Pastors plead: Don't cut aid to the poor
July 13, 2011, The Columbus Dispatch

CDF President Marian Wright Edelman and Mary Nell McPherson, Executive Director of Freedom Schools Charlotte, Interviewed on WFAE Charlotte
July 8, 2011, WFAE Charlotte 90.7

Freedom Schools Help Stop Summer Learning Loss
July 7, 2011, WCNC Charlotte

Summer Reading Program Helps Students Learn, Grow
July 5, 2011, WCSC TV Charleston, SC

PRESS RELEASE: Achievement Gaps Symposium on Positioning Young Black Boys For Educational Success
June 14, 2011, Children's Defense Fund

Partnership in freedom
May 28, 2011, Charlotte Observer

The Time Is Right to End "Zero Tolerance" in Schools
April 12, 2011, The Huffington Post

Sound the Alarm: A Plan for Martin Luther King's Dream
January 27, 2011, The Pacifican

Young blacks' challenges aren't insurmountable
January 23, 2011, The Tennessean

Freedom Schools give boost to student learning
January 21, 2011, The Charlotte Observer

Black leaders regroup to address child poverty
January 17, 2011, The Washington Post

Freedom School praised by ed secretary
August 28, 2010, The Clarion-Ledger

U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan to visit Mississippi
August 25, 2010, The Clarion-Ledger

This summer's lesson: Learning is fun
August 23, 2010, Los Angeles Times

A Promising First Summer at Knoxville’s Freedom School
July 21, 2010, Metro Pulse

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