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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 2020–21 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