- About Us - Programs & Campaigns - Policy Priorities - Research
Library - Take Action - Support Our Work The core beliefs and
educational philosophy that guide CDF Freedom Schools and all
CDF youth development programs are: At CDF Freedom Schools
programs, children are valued, celebrated, and given
opportunities to learn the pleasure of reading and improve their
ability to read, while connecting to their culture, developing
self-discipline, having fun, and participating in community
service and social action. CDF Freedom Schools programs are
nurturing environments that promote children’s strengths and
abilities, and are not remedial nor oriented around a child
deficit model. CDF Freedom Schools programs are living monuments
to the heroes and heroines who worked to achieve the promise of
Brown v Board of Education. Well run enrichment programs like
CDF Freedom Schools boost the academic achievement of low-income
and minority students, and help prepare them to compete in
academically strong and diverse student