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Freedom school helps inner city kids read

by theGrio | August 2, 2011 at 10:34 AM
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In an inner city classroom, children who don’t normally get to participate in a yoga class, but they can now, thanks to the “Freedom School.”

The Community Coalition “Freedom School” is a summer learning enrichment program that gives elementary and middle school students from South LA a love for reading while improving their reading skills, and knowledge of history. Students also learn about nutrition and healthy living.

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The six-week program is free for parents, and runs every day from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. until August 12 at the Foshay Learning Center, 3751 South Harvard Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90018.

And it comes at a time when summer school programs are losing funding, facing cuts, or even disappearing altogether.

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