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Freire Schools Information
- Deck the Halls: 2022 in Review ๐
- When You Reach the Ceiling, Raise It: A Campaign for the Development of a New Athletic Facility ๐
- Light the Way: 2021 in Review
- Background Information
- Fact Sheet
- Once a Dragon, Always a Dragon: Alumni Initiatives at Freire Schools
- Make Joy: 2020 in Review
In the News
One Wilmington charter school is finally claiming home-court advantage: Education roundup
Delaware Online – March 25, 2024
Freire celebrates new athletic facility, home-court advantage
Town Square LIVE – March 21, 2024
Freire Charter unveils new gym, its first
Delaware Online – March 21, 2024
Freire celebrates raising the roof on new gymnasium
Delaware Online – March 21, 2024
Destigmatizing Therapy for Students
Future of Education Podcast Featuring Kelly Davenport, Freire Schools CEO – March 21, 2024
What the “Power of Yet” Can Do For Teachers
Future of Education Podcast Featuring Kelly Davenport, Freire Schools CEO – March 20, 2024
The Power of Yet: Empowering Students through Multiple Opportunities for Mastery
Leading Equity Podcast featuring Kelly Davenport, Freire Schools CEO – March 18, 2024
Freire Wilmington on WHYY’s You Oughta Know
March 15, 2024 (beginning at 5:20 mark)
Freire Charter School Offers a Revolution in Learning in Wilmington
DelawareToday – December 26, 2023
Freire Wilmington on Good Morning Wilmington
DETV – April 17, 2023 (beginning at 13:30 mark)
Freire Charter School Graduation 2022
Delaware Online – June 2022
Supporting Black Students’ Wellness Amid Mounting Challenges
Teach for America – February 2022
First State educators take an aggressive approach to summer learning
Delaware Public Media – July 2021
‘The Next Normal’: Rethinking summer learning through an equitable lens
Delaware Online – May 2021
By W. Nathan Durant, Co-Head of School at Freire Wilmington
My student was shot dead on the first warm day of the year. He is more than a victim.
Chalkbeat Philadelphia – April 2021
By Jennifer Hopkins Daugherty, English III Teacher and Writing Center Co-Director at Freire High School
Black Veterans Are Stepping Up to Lead Young People in the Classroom
Teach for America – March 2021
By Darren Rainey, Director of Curriculum and Instruction at Freire Wilmington
How to Accelerate Learning for All Students in the 2020โ21 School Year
Carnegie Corporation of New York – September 2020
Resetting the rhetoric of school choice
Philadelphia Tribune – February 2020
By Johnny Oliver, 12th Grade Mass Media Teacher and 12th Grade Team Leader at Freire High School
Social and emotional learning boosts students with disabilities
The Hill – January 2020
Three parents, who made three different school choices, share advice on how to decide where to send your kids
Philadelphia Inquirer – October 2019
Events
Press Releases
- TECH Freire Hosts Instant Decision Day for Class of 2020 November 19, 2019
- Mayor Kenney’s Visit to Freire Middle School September 19, 2019
- Build the Future Becomes Freire Schools September 19, 2019