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FREEDOM SCHOOLS IS A FREE 6 WEEK SUMMER PROGRAM FOR GRADES K-12 DESIGNED TO INCREASE:
LITERACY
SELF-ESTEEM
SOCIO-
EMOTIONAL SKILLS
LOVE OF LEARNING
CIVIC ENGAGEMENT
The biggest cause of the
achievement gap is summer learning loss. For children without access to books, summer reading loss can be three times worse than the average.
5 WAYS TO MAKE AN IMPACT
The mission of the Winston-Salem Freedom Schools programs is to boost student motivations to read, generate more positive attitudes toward learning, increase self-esteem and connect the needs of children and families to the resources of their communities.
The activity-based CDF Integrated Reading Curriculum, which is aligned to the Common Core State Standards, integrates reading, conflict resolution, and social action, and is designed to promote social, cultural, and historical awareness.
A multi-year assessment of CDF Freedom Schools program sites continuously demonstrates the effectiveness of the Integrated Reading Curriculum, which has proven to avert children’s summer learning loss in reading achievement.
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